Yessica Alvarado Euceda vs. Loretta Lynch
Yessica Alvarado Euceda vs. Loretta Lynch. NIWAP Inc. served as the lead amicus in an appeal of a denial of gender based asylum to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of a Honduran battered immigrant who unsuccessfully attempted to end her relationship with her abusive boyfriend who was the father of her two children. The immigration judge and a single Board of Immigration Appeals judge denied gender based asylum to a battered mother who fled Honduras when she could find no protection f
Why it matters
Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Asylum; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it.
Topics
Asylum
Forums
Immigration court
BIA
Court of appeals
Jurisdictions
5th Circuit