MARTA LIDIA TISTA-RUIZ DE AJUALIP; GLENDY JOMARA AJUALIP-TISTA; KENDEL AMISAEL AJUALIP- TISTA; OSWIN ALEXIS AUGUSTO AJUALIP-TISTA; JAMILTON OSVIEL TISTA-AJUALIP v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 9, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Stephen C. Knight, BAYDOUN & KNIGHT, PLLC, Brentwood, Tennessee, for Petitioners.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Roberta O. Roberts, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Judge(s): COLE, GILMAN, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: Board of Immigration Appeals

COLE, Circuit Judge. Applicant Marta Lidia Tista-Ruiz De Ajualip is a native citizen of Guatemala who applied for asylum and withholding of removal for herself and on behalf of her three children and grandson, all of whom entered the United States on March 5, 2016.2 Marta’s family left Guatemala because they were afraid that Marta’s son-in-law, Marvin, would act on his threats to kill them. Because the Board’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal is inconsistent with this court’s precedent and other immigration authority, we grant Marta’s petition for review and remand for further proceedings.

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