The Fourth Circuit has rejected a claim for asylum by a former gang member, affirming the agency’s determination that former gang members are not a cognizable particular social group. The court distinguished the agency’s treatment of the record in this case from the agency’s treatment of the record in Oliva.

The full text of Nolasco v. Garland can be found here:

https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/201034.P.pdf

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