Santos Pagoada-Galeas v. Loretta Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.
Santos Pagoada-Galeas, a citizen of Honduras, was stopped entering the United States in July 2010. He applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) based on two encounters with, and death threats by, the MS-13 gang.- An Immigration Judge (IJ) denied Pagoada-Galeas’s application—based on an- adverse credibility finding and on the merits—and Pagoada-Galeas appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board). While that appeal was pending, Pagoada-Galeas filed a motion to remand based on evidence that…
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