KERR v. GARLAND

No. 21-2074.

66 F.4th 462 (2023)

O'Neil Lewis KERR, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Peter Cameron Alfredson , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS (CAIR) COALITION, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Liza Murcia , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Melody L. Vidmar , Alison Steffel , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS (CAIR) COALITION, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Anthony C. Payne , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

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


O'Neil Lewis Kerr petitions for review of the denial of his claim to protection under the Convention Against Torture. The immigration judge found that Kerr, a bisexual man and former gang member, had not shown the requisite likelihood that he would be tortured if returned to his home country of Jamaica. Kerr now challenges...

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