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Judicial review of PRRA decision dismissed; state protection finding remained reasonable despite evidentiary errors.
The applicant sought judicial review of a decision rejecting her pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA).
She feared returning to Saint Lucia because of her abusive former spouse.
The PRRA officer rejected the application finding insufficient evidence of personalized risk and that state protection was available in Saint Lucia.
Although the applicant had evaded removal for years, the Court declined to dismiss the application on clean hands grounds alone.
However, on the merits, while the officer made errors in assessing a Family Court Protection Order and affidavits from the applicant's children, the decision was still reasonable because the officer's conclusion on state protection was sound.
The application for judicial review was dismissed.
