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GAITAN v. HOLDER

No. 10-1724.

671 F.3d 678 (2012)

Oscar Alexander Granados GAITAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Ann Alvino McGill , argued, Washington, DC, David L. Wilson , on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for petitioner.

Pamela Goldberg , Washington, DC, on the amicus (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) brief in support of petitioner.

James Arthur Hunolt , argued, Washington, DC, Tony West, AAG, Emily Ann Radford , Assistant Director, and Margaret Perry , Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief, for respondent.

Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Oscar Alexander Granados Gaitan, a native and citizen of El Salvador, entered the United States in 2002 to escape recruitment into a gang in his home country. Gaitan now faces removal and has petitioned this Court to review the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that affirmed an immigration judge's (IJ) denial of Gaitan's petition for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We deny the...

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