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ALVARADO v. WHITAKER

No. 17-1572.

914 F.3d 8 (2019)

Jose M. ALVARADO, Petitioner, v. Matthew WHITAKER, Acting United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 24, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew S. Cameron , East Boston, MA, for petitioner.

Paul F. Stone , Senior Counsel for National Security Unit, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Chad A. Readler , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Ethan B. Kanter , Acting Chief, National Security Unit, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.

Sayoni Maitra , Karen Musalo , Eunice Lee , and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies were on brief for amicus curiae Center for Gender & Refugee Studies.

Before Torruella, Lipez, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.

This case requires us to decide, as a question of first impression for our court, whether the "persecutor bar" — which disqualifies certain persons from immigration relief — applies to an applicant who assisted or participated in persecution but acted without a personal...

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