CORTEZ-MENDEZ v. WHITAKER

No. 16-2389.

912 F.3d 205 (2019)

Jose Marcial CORTEZ-MENDEZ, Petitioner, v. Matthew G. WHITAKER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Melissa Jill Mitchell, LAW OFFICES OF PAUL A. SUHR, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Cortez-Mendez. Robert Michael Stalzer, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Paul A. Suhr, LAW OFFICES OF PAUL A. SUHR, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Cortez-Mendez. Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Kiley Kane, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review denied by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Jones joined.


Jose Cortez-Mendez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). The BIA dismissed his appeal following an immigration judge's ("IJ's") denial of his application for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b...

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