Court Opinion

ID: 9493412
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 15:07:22.292588+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:55:49.650268
License: Public Domain

BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
The majority’s conclusion that Geovanni Hernandez-Montiel is entitled to asylum and withholding of deportation is correct. I do not agree, however, with the broad reasoning and rationale used by the majority in reaching its conclusion. I therefore must concur only in the result reached by the majority.
The evidence presented by Professor Davies supports the legal conclusion that in Mexico, gay men who have female sexual identities constitute a particular social group for asylum purposes. Hernandez-Montiel’s uncontradicted testimony regarding his physical and mental state is sufficient to establish that he is a member of this particular social group. Professor Davies testified that gay men with female sexual identities are persecuted in Mexico. Hernandez-Montiel’s testimony before the Immigration Judge that he suffered persecution on account of his membership in this social group was found credible by *1100both the Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Hernandez-Montiel is therefore entitled to asylum and withholding of deportation based on his well-founded fear of persecution should he be returned to Mexico.