RODRIGUEZ TORNES v. GARLAND

No. 19-71104.

993 F.3d 743 (2021)

Maria RODRIGUEZ TORNES, aka Maria Rodriquez-Tornes, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine J. Goldenberg (argued), Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Sara A. McDermott , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Richard Caldarone , Julie Carpenter , and Rachel Sheridan , Tahirih Justice Center, Falls Church, Virginia; for Petitioner.

Timothy Bo Stanton (argued), Trial Attorney; Sabatino F. Leo , Senior Litigation Counsel; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Blaine Bookey , Karen Musalo , Neela Chakravartula , and Anne Peterson , Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, U.C. Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Center for Gender & Refugee Studies.

Betsey Boutelle , DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, California; Anthony Todaro , Jeffrey DeGroot , and Lianna Bash , DLA Piper LLP (US), Seattle, Washington; for Amicus Curiae National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project.

Concurrence by Judge Paez.


OPINION

Petitioner Maria Luisa Rodriguez Tornes, a native and citizen of Mexico, testified to a lifetime of severe abuse from her mother, her estranged husband, and her partner for, in their eyes, being insufficiently subservient to men. An immigration judge ("IJ") granted asylum, and alternatively granted withholding...

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