Legal Opinion
Ruiz-Escobar v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 2, 2018No. 17-1539PPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Marvin Javier Ruiz-Escobar sought •withholding of removal (“WOR”) and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), claiming that he had experienced past persecution arid' faced a clear probability of future persecution in Honduras on account of his family membership.
’ He had an evidentiary hearing before an Immigration Judge (“IJ”). There, he presented evidence that, he alleged, established that a narcotrafficking gang called Los Cachiros had killed a number of his family members in Honduras. The IJ denied Ruiz-Escobar’s request for relief, finding that he…
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