VILLEGAS-CASTRO v. GARLAND

No. 20-9593.

19 F.4th 1241 (2021)

Gabriel VILLEGAS-CASTRO, a/k/a Gabreil Villegas, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General, Respondent. Professor Juan E. Méndez; Disability Rights International, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed December 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Larson , formerly of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, Illinois ( Andrew H. Schapiro , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, and Keren Zwick and Tania Linares Garcia , National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, Illinois, with him on the briefs), on behalf of the Petitioner.

Rachel Browning , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C. ( Brian Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Keith I. McManus , Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, with her on the brief), on behalf of the Respondent.

Simon A. Steel , DENTONS US LLP, Washington, D.C., and Grace M. Dickson , DENTONS US LLP, Dallas, Texas, filed a brief for Amici Curiae, on behalf of Petitioner.

Before BACHARACH, KELLY, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


Mr. Gabriel Villegas-Castro is a Mexican citizen who entered the United States without being admitted or paroled. The government sought removal, and Mr. Villegas-Castro requested asylum, cancellation of removal, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against...

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