ZAVALETA-POLICIANO v. SESSIONS

No. 16-1231.

873 F.3d 241 (2017)

Zulma Yaneth ZAVALETA-POLICIANO; O. M. P.; Z. A. P.; M. E. P., Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 26, 2017.

Amended: September 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Tamara L. Jezic , YACUB LAW OFFICES, Woodbridge, Virginia, for Petitioners. Michael Christopher Heyse , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jane Candaux , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded for further proceedings by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Senior Judge Davis joined. Judge Wilkinson wrote a concurring opinion.


Zulma Yaneth Zavaleta Policiano petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision ordering her removed to her native El Salvador. The BIA upheld the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of Zavaleta Policiano's asylum claim, affirming the finding that she failed...

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