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AVENDANO-HERNANDEZ v. LYNCH

No. 13-73744.

800 F.3d 1072 (2015)

Edin Carey AVENDANO-HERNANDEZ, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Ruth Bird (argued) and Matthew Williamson , Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Costa Mesa, CA; and Munmeeth K. Soni , Public Law Center, Santa Ana, CA, for Petitioner.

Corey L. Farrell (argued), Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, and Terri J. Scadron , Assistant Director, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Keren Zwick (argued), National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL; Nancy M. Olson , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, CA, for Amici Curiae National Immigrant Justice Center, East Bay Community Law Center, The Florence Project, Immigration Equality, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and The National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, BARRINGTON D. PARKER, JR., and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Edin Avendano-Hernandez is a transgender woman who grew up in a rural town in Oaxaca, Mexico. Born biologically male, she knew from an early age that she was different. Her appearance and behavior were very feminine, and she liked to wear makeup, dress in...

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