• Zepeda-Lopez v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners: Christina Colón Williams, Esperanza Center for Law & Advocacy, Norwalk, CT.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Brian Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Shelley R. Goad, Assistant Director, on the brief, Monica G. Antoun, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae HIAS, International Refugee Assistance Project, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, and Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, in support of Petitioners: Jon Bauer, Asylum and Human Rights Clinic, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, CT.

    Case Number: 19-145 ag

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