PEREZ v. GARLAND

No. 22-2434.

83 F.4th 630 (2023)

Edelyn Seleny Nerio PEREZ and A.M.G.N., a minor, Petitioners, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander E. Budzenski , Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioners.

Joseph A. O'Connell , Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Wood, Hamilton, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


Edelyn Seleny Nerio Perez (Nerio) and her minor daughter, citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of the denial of their applications for asylum and with-holding of removal. Nerio sought relief on the basis that she would be persecuted by her partner's nephew on account of her Mayan ancestry. Because substantial evidence...

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