CRUZ-QUINTANILLA v. WHITAKER

No. 17-2404.

914 F.3d 884 (2019)

Oscar Adilio CRUZ-QUINTANILLA, Petitioner, v. Matthew G. WHITAKER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Abraham Fernando Carpio , CARPIO LAW FIRM, LLC, Hyattsville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Sara J. Bayram , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Melissa Neiman-Kelting , Assistant Director, Jessica A. Dawgert , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review dismissed in part, granted in part, and remanded for further proceedings by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Keenan joined.


Oscar Adilio Cruz-Quintanilla, a native of El Salvador and legal permanent resident of the United States, faces removal as a result of two criminal convictions. As a former gang member, Cruz-Quintanilla fears he will be tortured if forced to return to El Salvador, and thus seeks relief under the Convention Against Torture...

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