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
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