ORELLANA v. BARR

No. 18-1513.

925 F.3d 145 (2019)

Ruth Jeanette ORELLANA, a/k/a Ruth Yeanette-Orellana, a/k/a Ruth Jeanetta Orellana, Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael Ernest Rosado , LAW OFFICES OF ROSADO & SOLTREN, P.C., Beltsville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Rebecca Hoffberg Phillips , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, John S. Hogan , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted; remanded for further proceedings by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Wynn joined.


Ruth Jeanette Orellana, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying her all relief from deportation. The BIA upheld the finding of an immigration judge ("IJ") that Orellana, although persecuted because of her membership in a particular...

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