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Petition for review granted on grounds that witnesses who testify against gang members may constitute a particular social group despite a lack of social visibility.

13 February 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

19 August 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Non-refoulement | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

17 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted 10 June 2008 San Francisco, California.

9 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Argued and Submitted 8 June 2007 in Pasadena, California.

27 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

13 September 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Abduction - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - SGBV - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding Submitted: November 5, 2001

26 November 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America