Decision date: 2018-05-14

Holding that a Salvadoran non-citizen was not a member of the particular social group, "nuclear family of his ex-girlfriend's daughter," even though he financially provided for the daughter for all of her life, because (1) he is not the biological father of the child and (2) it was widely known in his community that he was not the biological father of the child, thus failing to satisfy the social visibility prong.

Publication Status: Unpublished

Case judge: Brinkema*, King, Niemeyer

Decision: Rodriguez-Mancias v. Sessions, 725 F. App'x 231(4th Cir. 2018) (No. 17-1264)