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AMAYA v. ROSEN

No. 19-1619.

986 F.3d 424 (2021)

Juan Carlos AMAYA, Petitioner, v. Jeffrey A. ROSEN, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 25, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Abdoul Aziz Konare , KONARE LAW, Frederick, Maryland, for Petitioner. John Frederick Stanton , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Jessica E. Burns , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted in part and denied in part and case remanded for further consideration consistent with this published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker joined. Judge Richardson wrote a dissenting opinion.

An alien may seek to avoid deportation by showing a clear probability that, if deported, he will be persecuted because of his race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group ("PSG"). Relevant here, if an alien claims he will be persecuted because of his membership in a PSG, that...

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