DEL CARMEN AMAYA-DE SICARAN v. BARR

No. 18-1915.

979 F.3d 210 (2020)

Maria DEL CARMEN AMAYA-DE SICARAN, Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Richey , LAW OFFICE OF RONALD D. RICHEY, Rockville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Carl H. McIntyre , Assistant Director, Benjamin J. Zeitlin , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition dismissed in part and denied in part by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Diaz joined.


Maria Del Carmen Amaya-De Sicaran (Sicaran), a native and citizen of El Salvador, applied for asylum, statutory withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). An immigration judge (IJ) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) denied her application, and she now petitions for...

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