J.R. v. BARR

No. 18-72812.

975 F.3d 778 (2020)

J.R., Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eva Sharf (argued) and Malori M. McGill (argued), Certified Law Students; Elizabeth G. Porter (argued) and Jeffrey M. Feldman (argued), Faculty Advisors; Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington; for Petitioner.

David Kim (argued) and David J. Schor , Trial Attorneys; Kohsei Ugumori , Senior Litigation Counsel; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Dissent by Judge Rawlinson.


OPINION

J.R. petitions for review of the denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied relief on the ground that J.R. had failed to show that the government of El Salvador was "unwilling or unable" to control...

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