GARCIA-ARANDA v. GARLAND

No. 18-2281 August Term 2021.

53 F.4th 752 (2022)

Karla Iveth GARCIA-ARANDA, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Axford (Rebecca Press, Paola Donovan, on the brief), Central American Legal Assistance, Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.

Beau Baumann (Joseph H. Hunt, Patricia A. Smith, Victor M. Lawrence, on the brief), United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Christopher P. Malloy, Sophia M. Mancall-Bitel, Amber R. Will, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Brooklyn Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, The Legal Aid Society, and The Prisoners' Legal Services of New York.

Before: Kearse, Walker, and Sullivan, Circuit Judges.


Karla Iveth Garcia-Aranda petitions for review of two decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Garcia-Aranda, a native and citizen of Honduras, testified before an Immigration Judge ("IJ") that she and...

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