Decision date: 2023-05-17

Holding that record compelled the conclusion that family ties were "one central reason" for Petitioner's past persecution where persecutors called her by her first name, targeted her various family members, threated to kidnap her other son, and referenced her “big and pretty” family when extorting and threatening her. Also held that BIA failed to conduct sufficiently detailed analysis of CAT claim. 

Publication Status: Unpublished

Case judge: Agee, Floyd, Thacker

Decision: Cordova-Monson v. Garland, No. 22-1387, 2023 WL 3496332 (4th Cir., May 17, 2023)