· 6/15/2010
Bonilla-Morales v. Holder
Citations
- 607 F.3d 1132
- 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 12177
- 2010 WL 2499388
How courts have described this case
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- observing that “family members of youth who have been subjected to recruitment efforts by the [MS–13] gang and who have rejected membership” likely was not a qualifying particular social group
- declining to find past persecution where the petitioner’s “family members were the primary targets” of gang violence
- upholding denial of asylum because of the failure to establish the required “nexus” between the alleged persecution and membership in a particular social group
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Judges: Daughtrey, Gilman, Sutton
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