Immigration – Asylum

By: Derek Hawkins//September 24, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Gerson E. Alvarenga-Flores v. Jefferson B. Sessions III

Case No.: 17-2920

Officials: SYKES and BARRETT, Circuit Judges, and DURKIN, District Judge.

Focus: Immigration – Asylum

Alvarenga seeks asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture because he fears torture and persecution from gang members if he returns to El Salvador. The immigration judge concluded that Alvarenga lacked credibility and denied him relief. Finding no clear error in the immigration judge’s decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed the appeal. Substantial evidence supports the decisions of the immigration judge and the Board, and the record does not compel a contrary conclusion. We therefore deny Alvarenga’s petition for review.

Petition Denied

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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