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W.G.A. v. SESSIONS

No. 16-4193.

900 F.3d 957 (2018)

W.G.A., Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Katharine Koop , Attorney, Ashley Huebner , Attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL, Neil H. Conrad , Attorney, Kathleen Erin Garvey , Attorney, John M. Skakun, III , Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Elizabeth Fitzgerald-Sambou , Attorney, OIL, Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Monique Sherman , Attorney, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Amici Curiae Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Law School Immigration Clinic Directors.

Before Sykes and Hamilton, Circuit Judges, and Lee, District Judge.

In 2015, tattooed members of the Mara 18 gang held a gun to petitioner W.G.A.'s head and threatened to kill him.1 The Mara 18 — also known as the "Calle 18," "Barrio 18," or "Eighteenth Street" gang — is one of the two main gangs operating in El Salvador. Together with their rivals...

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