HERRERA-ALCALA v. GARLAND

No. 20-1770, No. 20-2338.

39 F.4th 233 (2022)

Oscar HERRERA-ALCALA, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition, Amicus Curiae. Oscar Herrera-Alcala, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, Respondent. Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Christopher David Boom , DUQUE, KELLEY AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC, Doral, Florida, for Petitioner. James A. Hurley , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Anna E. Juarez , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. Adina Applebaum , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS (CAIR) COALITION, Washington, D.C.; Benjamin R. Winograd , IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE APPELLATE CENTER, LLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae.

Petitions for review denied by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Quattlebaum and Senior Judge Keenan joined.


Oscar Herrera-Alcala, a Cuban alien, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture ("CAT") protection. But the government first argues that we should not hear this case, as venue lies in the Fifth Circuit. Interpreting...

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