CASTILLO-ARIAS v. U.S. ATTY. GEN.

No. 04-14662.

446 F.3d 1190 (2006)

Diego F. CASTILLO-ARIAS, Martha L. Rincon-Escobar, Andres F. Castillo-Rincon, Diego F. Castillo-Rincon, Petitioners, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Ray, Law Office of Michael D. Ray, Miami, FL, for Petitioners.

Lyle D. Jentzer, David V. Bernal, Russell J.E. Verby, Douglas E. Ginsburg, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before BIRCH and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and NANGLE, District Judge.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

Previously, we remanded this case to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") to determine whether noncriminal informants working against the Cali drug cartel constitute a "particular social group" within the meaning of that phrase in the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq. The BIA concluded they did not. In this appeal, applying deferential review, we ask whether...

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