Immigration – Removal Order

By: Derek Hawkins//November 15, 2021//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Anthony Lloyd Murry v. Merrick B. Garland

Case No.: 20-3109

Officials: EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Immigration – Removal Order

Anthony Lloyd Murry, a Jamaican citizen, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying him relief from removal. Murry fears that private citizens may confront him, a gay man, about his sexual orientation or the government may punish him for violating Jamaica’s anti-sodomy laws. But Jamaica rarely enforces its anti-sodomy laws for consensual sexual relations, and recent reports show growing public support for gay rights. Because substantial evidence supports the Board’s decision that Murry does not face a likelihood of state-sanctioned persecution, we deny Murry’s petition.

Petition denied

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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