Yaide

I. BACKGROUND

1 Yaide is a native and citizen of Chad. Yaide Decl. ¶ 1 (dkt. 3-2). He arrived in the United 2 States in 2009, seeking asylum on the basis of his membership in the Gorane ethnic group and 3 imputed anti-government political opinions. Id. ¶¶ 3, 20. His application for asylum was denied 4 by the immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals. Id. ¶ 20, 23. 5 Yaide is gay, but did not come out publicly until 2019, after his case was adjudicated by 6 the immigration judge. Id. ¶ 25. Since that time, Chad has criminalized all same-sex relations. 7 Mot. to Reopen at 7 (dkt. 3-1). Yaide fears that if he remains in Chad he will be tortured and 8 killed by his own family, clan, or the government. Yaide Decl. ¶ 28. 9 On October 24, 2019, Yaide filed a motion to reopen his applications for asylum, 10 withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture based on changed 11 circumstances, including his coming out as gay and the deteriorating conditions for LGBT 12 individuals in Chad. Mot. to Reopen at 1, 14. 13 While Yaide’s motion to reopen was pending before the immigration court, Yaide was 14 taken from Yuba County Jail to the Sacramento…