CARDONA-FRANCO v. GARLAND

No. 19-60789.

35 F.4th 359 (2022)

Josue Esteban CARDONA-FRANCO, Petitioner, v. Merrick GARLAND, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed May 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Stanton Perry , Melissa Marrero , Reed Smith, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Rachel Thompson Kubanda, Esq. , Kean Miller, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

Edward C. Durant , U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division/OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Dennis, Elrod, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


Josue Esteban Cardona-Franco, an El Salvadoran citizen, applied for asylum and withholding of removal based on claims he was targeted by gangs for his religious activities. Disbelieving Cardona-Franco's story, an immigration judge (IJ) denied his application. After the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed...

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