CRUZ v. SESSIONS

No. 15-2511.

853 F.3d 122 (2017)

Luz Marina Cantillano CRUZ; J.X.M.C., Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 13, 2017.

Amended: March 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Edward Tysse , AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Yanal Harbi Yousef , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Michelle A. Reed , Dallas, Texas, Steven H. Schulman , Matthew W. Kinskey , AKIN GRUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jamie M. Dowd , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted; remanded for further proceedings by published opinion. Judge Keenan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Thacker joined.


Luz Marina Cantillano Cruz (Cantillano Cruz), a citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of a final order of removal entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).1 The BIA affirmed an immigration judge's (IJ) conclusion that Cantillano Cruz was not eligible for asylum, withholding...

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