Kudzai Shonhai v. Attorney General United States of America

Summary

The Court denied the petition in part because Shonhai’s Indiana sexual-battery conviction categorically qualifies as a crime involving moral turpitude and constitutes a particularly serious crime, barring asylum, withholding of removal, and derivative asylum status. It also upheld the denial of CAT protection because the record did not compel a finding that Zimbabwean officials would acquiesce in torture. The Court dismissed the challenge to the discretionary denial of adjustment of status and a waiver for lack of jurisdiction. No separate opinions were filed.