S.E.R.L. v. ATTY. GEN. U.S. OF AMERICA

No. 17-2031.

894 F.3d 535 (2018)

S.E.R.L.; Y.N.S.R.; Y.Y.R.L., Petitioners v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: July 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Bennion , 1706 N. 2nd Street — #L4, Philadelphia, PA 19122, Elizabeth A. Cuneo , Russell H. Falconer [ARGUED], Chelsea G. Glover , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 2100 McKinney Avenue — #1100, Dallas, TX 75201, Charles Roth , Lisa Koop , Ashley Huebner , National Immigrant Justice Center, 208 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60604, Counsel for Petitioners.

Jefferson B. Sessions, III , Chad A. Readler , Anthony P. Nicastro , Sheri R. Glaser [ARGUED], United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, P. O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, Counsel for Respondents.

Blaine M. Bookey , Anne Dutton , Eunice Lee , Karen Musalo , Hastings College of the Law, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, Amicus Counsel for American Immigration Lawyers Association, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society PA.

Kirsten L. Nathanson , Crowell & Moring, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004, Emily T. Kuwahara , Daniel P. Wierzba , Crowell & Moring, 515 S. Flower Street 40th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90071, Tu-Quyen Pham , Crowell & Moring, 3 Park Plaza, 20th Fl., Irvine, CA 92694, Amicus Counsel for NIWAP Inc. and Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Before: JORDAN, KRAUSE, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

In this immigration case, we consider the term "particular social group," which is part of the definition of "refugee" in the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42). We must decide whether a revised interpretation of that term by the Board of Immigration Appeals...

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