The Fifth Circuit has remanded an asylum case for further consideration in light of the Attorney General’s recent decision in Matter of L-E-A-. The court acknowledged that the AG’s decision is conflict with case law in the First, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits, but not with any Fifth Circuit precedent.

The full text of Pena Oseguera v. Barr can be found here:

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-60339-CV0.pdf

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