ESPINOZA-OCHOA v. GARLAND

No. 21-1431.

89 F.4th 222 (2023)

Juan Jose ESPINOZA-OCHOA, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Olen , for petitioner.

Robert D. Tennyson, Jr. , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Bryan Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Paul Fiorino , Senior Litigation Counsel, and Nancy E. Friedman , were on brief, for respondent.

Before Gelpí, Howard, and Rikelman, Circuit Judges.


After a gang stole livestock from his farm in Guatemala and he reported the theft to the police, Juan Jose Espinoza-Ochoa began receiving death threats. The threats continued even after he and his family moved repeatedly. Fearing for his safety and the well-being of his family, Espinoza-Ochoa fled to the United States, where...

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