LOPEZ-BENITEZ v. GARLAND

No. 22-1808.

91 F.4th 763 (2024)

Jose Lince LOPEZ-BENITEZ, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 30, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ivan Yacub , YACUB LAW OFFICES, LLC, Woodbridge, Virginia, for Petitioner. Allison Frayer , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, James A. Hurley , Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition denied by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Agee joined.


Jose Lince Lopez-Benitez petitions for judicial review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' action. The Board upheld an Immigration Judge's decision to deny Lopez asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"), and ordered Lopez removed. But the Board and Immigration Judge properly...

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