ARITA-DERAS v. WILKINSON

No. 19-1978.

990 F.3d 350 (2021)

Maria Del Refugio ARITA-DERAS; L.A.P.A., Petitioners, v. Robert M. WILKINSON, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sam Hsieh , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION, Washington, D.C.; Amanda Shafer Berman , CROWELL & MORING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. R. Trent McCotter , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Adina Appelbaum , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION, Washington, D.C.; Yao Mou, Los Angeles, California, Clifton S. Elgarten , Tiana Russell , Amanda Shafer Berman , CROWELL & MORING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Stephen J. Flynn , Assistant Director, James A. Hurley , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted by published opinion. Judge Keenan wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Agee joined.


Maria Del Refugio Arita-Deras, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of a final order of removal entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board).1 The Board affirmed an immigration judge's (IJ) conclusion that Arita-Deras was not eligible for asylum, withholding...

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