FLORES MOLINA v. GARLAND

Nos. 19-73028 20-71774.

37 F.4th 626 (2022)

Mario Rajib FLORES MOLINA, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary-Christine Sungaila (argued) and Joshua R. Ostrer , Buchalter APC, Irvine, California; Paula M. Mitchell , Attorney; Tina Kuang (argued) and Natalie Kalbakian (argued), Certified Law Students, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioners.

Jeffrey R. Leist (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Anthony C. Payne , Assistant Director; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Dissent by Judge VanDyke


OPINION

Petitioner Mario Rajib Flores Molina ("Flores Molina") participated in demonstrations against the ruling regime in his native Nicaragua, where he witnessed the murder of his friend and fellow protester by police and paramilitary members. Thereafter, he was publicly marked as a terrorist, threatened with torture...

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