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VELASQUEZ-SAMAYOA v. GARLAND

No. 21-70093.

38 F.4th 734 (2022)

Miguel Angel VELASQUEZ-SAMAYOA, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 24, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean Reisz (argued) and Niels Frenzen , University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, Immigration Clinic, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioner.

Sarah E. Witri (argued), Trial Attorney; Jennifer P. Levings , Senior Litigation Counsel; Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Shelley R. Goad , Assistant Director; United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Before: Richard C. Tallman and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, District Judge.

OPINION

Miguel Angel Velasquez-Samayoa seeks protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Velasquez-Samayoa asserts that, if he were removed to his native country of El Salvador, he would be identified as a gang member and therefore would face a significant...

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