PINEL-GOMEZ v. GARLAND

No. 19-3124-ag August Term, 2021.

52 F.4th 523 (2022)

Mauricio Dagoberto PINEL-GOMEZ, J. L. P-E., Petitioners, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Solis , Make the Road New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioners.

John F. Stanton ( Jessica E. Burns , on the brief), Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. ( Ethan P. Davis , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General, for Respondent.

Before: Kearse, Jacobs, and Nardini, Circuit Judges.


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