Decision date: 2022-05-04

Holding that the beatings that Orellana-Torres suffered did not rise to the level of persecution because he failed to present evidence that those beatings were sufficiently severe and systematic. Also holding that an implicit death threat must be plain and unambiguous, not merely inferred through the perpetrator's reference to "consequences."

Publication Status: Unpublished

Case judge: Harris, Richardson, Wynn

Decision: Orellana-Torres v. Garland, No. 20-1162, 2022 WL 1403682 (4th Cir. May 4, 2022)