MORALES v. GARLAND

No. 20-1305.

51 F.4th 553 (2022)

Maria MORALES, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ronald Darwin Richey , LAW OFFICE OF RONALD D. RICHEY, Rockville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Jennifer A. Singer , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Shelley R. Goad , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review denied in part and dismissed in part by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion in which Judge Wynn and Judge Diaz joined.


Maria Segunda Morales, a native of El Salvador, filed this petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her petition for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the U.N. Convention Against Torture (CAT). She contends chiefly that the BIA and immigration judge (IJ) erred in rejecting...

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