Pirir-Boc v. Holder
9th Cir.
750 F.3d 1077 (9th Cir. 2014)
2014
Holding
Reversed denial where IJ failed to consider whether proposed PSG of Guatemalan witnesses who refuse to cooperate with gangs was socially distinct; remanded for proper social distinction analysis including expert and country condition evidence.
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