VILLEGAS SANCHEZ v. GARLAND

No. 16-73745.

990 F.3d 1173 (2021)

Francisca VILLEGAS SANCHEZ, Petitioner, v. Merrick GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa A. Reed Dippo (argued), Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California, for Petitioner.

Kathryn M. McKinney (argued), Attorney; Stephen J. Flynn , Assistant Director; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Before: Jay S. Bybee and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges, and Robert H. Whaley, District Judge.


OPINION

Francisca Villegas Sanchez petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision upholding an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. Villegas Sanchez argues she suffered past persecution and has a well-founded fear of future persecution...

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