A federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a petition from a Salvadoran citizen seeking protection under the Convention Against Torture, ruling that his case became moot once immigration authorities deported him back to El Salvador, where local police immediately detained him. The precedential rul ing by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for […] Federal Appeals Court Tosses Deported Salvadoran Man’s Torture Appeal As Moot ...read more read less