BARAHONA v. GARLAND

No. 20-1546.

993 F.3d 1024 (2021)

Willian Ernesto Rubio BARAHONA, Petitioner v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. Fair Trials Americas, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 3, 2021.

Amended April 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison J. Heimes , Carlson & Burnett, Omaha, NE, for Petitioner.

Jessica Eden Burns , Trial Attorney, Andrew C. MacLachlan , Carl H. McIntyre , Nelle Seymour , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Keith Ian McManus , Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

John P. Elwood , Kaitlin Konkel , Sean A. Mirski , Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BENTON, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


Willian Rubio Barahona petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") upholding the denial of his request for asylum and withholding of removal, based on a finding that serious reasons exist to believe Barahona committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States. We hold that...

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