CANTARERO v. HOLDER

No. 12-1624.

734 F.3d 82 (2013)

Kevin Fabricio Claros CANTARERO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Nutter , with whom Law Office of Timothy J. Nutter was on brief, for petitioner.

Matthew B. George , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General and Mary Jane Candaux , Assistant Director were on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, HOWARD and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Kevin Fabricio Claros Cantarero ("Claros"), a citizen and native of El Salvador, is an ex-member of a violent criminal street gang based in the United States. Claiming that he would face persecution and torture on account of his former gang membership if repatriated, Claros applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). An Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied his applications, and the Board...

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