ALVAREZ LAGOS v. BARR

No. 17-2291.

927 F.3d 236 (2019)

Sindy Marilu ALVAREZ LAGOS; K.D.A.A., Petitioners, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Martine Elizabeth Cicconi , AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Paul Fiorino , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Steven H. Schulman , David M. Coleman , Washington, D.C., Lauren Connell , Kate Powers , AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP, New York, New York, for Petitioners. Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Rebekah Nahas, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded for further proceedings by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Diaz joined.


Sindy Marilu Alvarez Lagos testified credibly that she and her then-seven-year-old daughter, natives and citizens of Honduras, were threatened with gang rape, genital mutilation, and death if they did not comply with the extortionate demands of a Barrio 18 gang member. Unable to meet those demands and fearing for their...

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