M.S.C. v. GARLAND

Nos. 21-1496, 22-1602.

85 F.4th 582 (2023)

M.S.C.; L.Z., Petitioners, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Yang for petitioners in No. 21-1496. Aleksander Boleslaw Milch and The Kasen Law Firm, PLLC on brief for petitioners in No. 21-1496.

Sherease Pratt , Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, with whom Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Anthony P. Nicastro , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, and Sheri R. Glaser , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, were on brief, for respondent.

Sara Yang , Yang & Sacchetti, P.C., Gilles Bissonnette , SangYeob Kim , American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, and New Hampshire Immigrants' Rights Project on brief for petitioners in No. 22-1602.

Sherease Pratt , Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, with whom Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Anthony P. Nicastro , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, and Sheri R. Glaser , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, were on brief, for respondent.

Before Lipez, Howard, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


In this consolidated appeal, married couple M.S.C. and L.Z. ("the petitioners") seek judicial review of two Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decisions: One affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT...

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