HERRERA-MARTINEZ v. GARLAND

No. 20-1423.

22 F.4th 173 (2022)

Walter Rolando HERRERA-MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Krystal Brunner Swendsboe , WILEY REIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Sarah Kathleen Pergolizzi , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Jenny Kim , Melody Vidmar , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS (CAIR) COALITION, Washington, D.C.; Madeline J. Cohen , WILEY REIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Holly M. Smith , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition denied by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Rushing joined.


Walter Rolando Herrera-Martinez petitions this Court for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of his claims for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3) and the Convention Against Torture (CAT). He argues that he suffered past persecution and will...

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