AGUILAR v. GARLAND

No. 18-9570.

29 F.4th 1208 (2022)

Kelly Camila Gonzalez AGUILAR, f/k/a Oscar Alexis Gonzalez Aguilar, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED March 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole Henning , Jones Day, Chicago, Illinois ( Dennis D'Aquila , Jones Day, and Keren Zwick and Tania Linares Garcia , National Immigrant Justice Center, with her on the briefs), on behalf of the Petitioner.

Scott Stewart , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. ( Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Claire L. Workman , Senior Litigation Counsel; Rosanne M. Perry , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, with him on the brief), on behalf of the Respondent.

Before BACHARACH, PHILLIPS, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


Kelly Gonzalez Aguilar is a transgender woman from Honduras. She came to the United States and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and deferral of removal. In support, Kelly claimed

• past persecution in Honduras from her uncle's abuse, • fear of future persecution from pervasive...

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