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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

NIWAP Library Amicus brief Oct 24, 2023 Direct PDF available

Why it matters

Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Asylum; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it.

Topics

Asylum

Workflows

Immigration court deadline Asylum merits package BIA, PFR, and federal court Children and SIJS

Forums

Immigration court BIA Court of appeals

Jurisdictions

5th Circuit