GALEAS FIGUEROA v. ATTY. GEN. U.S.

No. 19-1419.

998 F.3d 77 (2021)

Edil Joel GALEAS FIGUEROA, Petitioner, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: May 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raechel K. Kummer , [Argued], Susan B. Manning , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 800 North, Washington, DC 20004, Stephanie R. Reiss , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 301 Grant Street, One Oxford Centre, Suite 3200, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Edil Joel Galeas Figueroa.

Anjum Gupta , Rutgers University School of Law, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102, Counsel for Amicus Petitioners Immigration Law Professors.

Jenny C. Lee , [Argued], United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, P.O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20004, Counsel for Attorney General United States of America.

Before: HARDIMAN, PORTER, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Edil Joel Galeas Figueroa petitions for relief from a final order of removal following his second illegal entry into the United States. To prevent deportation to his native Honduras, Galeas Figueroa seeks withholding of removal under both the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Convention...

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