CHAVEZ v. GARLAND

No. 21-1267.

51 F.4th 424 (2022)

Rommel Alexander CHAVEZ, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SangYeob Kim , with whom Gilles Bissonnette , Caroline Meade , American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, and New Hampshire Immigrants' Rights Project were on brief, for petitioner.

Susan Bennett Green , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Linda S. Wernery , Assistant Director, were on brief, for respondent.

Anna R. Welch , Clinical Professor, Camrin M. Rivera , Student Attorney, Emily L. Gorrivan , Student Attorney, and Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, University of Maine School of Law on brief for amicus curiae Immigration Law Professors.

Before Gelpí, Lipez, and Howard, Circuit Judges.


Rommel Alexander Chavez, a citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the denial of his application for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") and for protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). For the following...

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