PAYE v. GARLAND

No. 23-1426.

109 F.4th 1 (2024)

Prince Belo PAYE, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 17, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SangYeob Kim, with whom Gilles Bissonnette, Margaret Moran, American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, and New Hampshire Legal Assistance were on brief, for petitioner.

Andrew N. O'Malley, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Cindy S. Ferrier, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.

Daniel V. Ward, Marianne Staniunas, Abigail Alfaro, Michelle Marie Mlacker, Colleen Roberts, and Ropes & Gray LLP were on brief for Immigration Law Professors and Former Immigration Judges and Board of Immigration Appeals Members, amici curiae.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Gelpí and Rikelman, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Prince Belo Paye ("Paye") seeks review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). The BIA upheld the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") conclusion that Paye did not demonstrate past persecution necessary for relief under the withholding-of-removal statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1231. Paye...

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