Decision date: 2023-11-02

Holding that the Agency properly found that the particular social group (PSG) "Salvadoran witnesses who report serious gang crimes to law enforcement" was not legally cognizable based on a lack of particularity. Also holding that substantial evidence supported the Agency's denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

Publication Status: Unpublished

Case judge: Harris, Keenan, Quattlebaum

Decision: Melendez-Diaz v. Garland, No. 23-1371, 2023 WL 7212277 (4th Cir. Nov. 2, 2023)