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  • Pardon Waiver Provision
    • In re Suh, 23 I&N Dec. 626 (BIA 2003) [controlled substances]
    • Balogun v. A.G., 425 F.3d 1356 (11th Cir. 2005) [controlled substances]
    • Aguilera-Montero v. Mukasey, 548 F.3d 1248 (9th Cir. 2008) [controlled substances]
    • Aristy-Rosa v. A.G., 994 F.3d 112 (3d Cir. 2021) [controlled substances] (PDF Summary)
  • Particular Social Groups: CIRCULARITY
    • Rreshpia v. Gonzales, 420 F.3d 551 (6th Cir. 2005)
  • Particular Social Groups: FOUNDATIONAL CASES
    • Matter of Acosta, 19 I&N Dec. 211 (BIA 1985) [immutability]
    • Fatin v. INS, 12 F.3d 1233 (3d Cir. 1993) [Alito] (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of C-A-, 23 I&N Dec. 951 (BIA 2006) [socially visible] (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of A-M-E- & J-G-U-, 24 I&N Dec. 69 (BIA 2007) [socially visible] (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of S-E-G-, 24 I&N Dec. 579 (BIA 2008) [gangs, age] (PDF Summary)
  • Particular Social Groups: SUCCESSFUL
    • Lukwago v. Ashcroft, 329 F.3d 157 (2003) [escaped child soldier, Uganda] (PDF Summary)
    • Konan v. Attorney General, 432 F.3d 497 (2005) [son of gendarme, Cote d’Ivoire] (PDF Summary)
    • Tapiero de Orejuela v. Gonzales, 423 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2005) [educated, landowning cattle farmers]
    • Gomez-Zuluaga v. A.G., 527 F.3d 330 (3d Cir. 2008) [women who escaped from FARC] (PDF Summary)
    • Torres v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 616 (7th Cir. 2008) [family]
    • Garcia v. A.G., 665 F.3d 496 (3d Cir. 2011) [persons who testified as witnesses against gang members] (PDF Summary)
    • Crespin-Valladares v. Holder, 632 F.3d 117 (4th Cir. 2011) [family]
    • Henriquez Rivas v. Holder, 707 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2013) (en banc) [persons who testified as witnesses against gang members] (PDF Summary)
    • Gonzalez-Posadas v. A.G., 781 F.3d 677 (3d Cir. 2015) [homosexual men, Honduras] (PDF Summary)
    • Rios v. Lynch, 807 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2015) [family as quintessential PSG] (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 40 (BIA 2017) [family membership] (Study)
    • Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I&N Dec. 581 (A.G. 2019) (L-E-A- II) [family membership]
    • Matter of E-R-A-L-, 27 I&N Dec. 767 (BIA 2020) [Landowners] (PDF Summary)
    • Guzman Orellanas v. A.G., No. 19-1793 (3d Cir. April 17, 2020) [persons who publicly provide assistance against major Salvadoran gangs] (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of L-E-A-, 28 I&N Dec. 304 (A.G. 2021) (L-E-A- III) [family membership]
  • Particular Social Groups: UNSUCCESSFUL
    • Fatin v. INS, 12 F.3d 1233 (3d Cir. 1993) [educated feminist Iranian women] (PDF Summary)
    • Rreshpia v. Gonzales, 420 F.3d 551 (6th Cir. 2005) [young attractive women]
    • Ochoa v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1166 (9th Cir. 2005) [Colombian bus. owners resisting narcos]
    • In re C-A-, 23 I&N Dec. 951 (BIA 2006) [noncrim informants w/ cartels] (PDF Summary)
    • Arteaga v. Mukasey, 511 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2007): [gang members]
    • Valdiviezo-Goldamez v. A.G., 502 F.3d 285 (3d Cir. 2007) [resisting gang recruitment]
    • Matter of A-M-E- & J-G-U, 24 I&N Dec. 69 (BIA 2007) [affluence, wealth] (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of S-E-G-, 24 I&N Dec. 579 (BIA 2008) (PDF Summary)
    • Davila-Mejia v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 624 (8th Cir. 2008) [competing family business owners]
    • Ahmed v. Holder, 611 F.3d 90 (1st Cir. 2010) [association with U.S.]
    • Lizama v. Holder, 629 F.3d 440 (4th Cir. 2011) [Americanization]
    • Khan v. A.G., 691 F.3d 488 (3d Circuit 2012) [secularized Pakistanis w/ U.S. ties] (PDF Summary)
    • Guzman Orellanas v. A.G., No. 19-1793 (3d Cir. April 17, 2020) [persons who publicly provide assistance against major Salvadoran gangs: NOT PSG] (PDF Summary)
  • Particularly Serious Crimes
    • K.A. v. A.G., 997 F.3d 99 (3d Cir. 2021)
  • Persecution: DEFINING IT
    • Fatin v. INS, 12 F.3d 1233 (3d Cir. 1993) [general standard]
    • **Asani v. INS, 154 F.3d 719 (7th Cir. 1998) [even single beating]
    • **Dandan v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 567 (7th Cir. 2003) [number of incidents]
    • **Mashiri v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2004) [emotional/psychological]
    • **Voci v. A.G., 409 F.3d 607 (3d Cir. 2005) [isolated incidents, no injury]
    • **Chavarria v. Gonzalez, 446 F.3d 508 (3d Cir. 2006) [not all unjust treatment]
    • Matter of T-Z-, 24 I&N Dec. 163 (BIA 2007) [not limited to physical harm] (PDF Summary)
    • **Kibinda v. A.G., 447 F.3d 113 (3d Cir. 2007) [medical severity]
    • **Gomez-Zuluaga v. A.G., 527 F.3d 330 (3d Cir. 2008) [death threats, etc.]
  • Persecution: CUMULATIVE EFFECT
    • Dandan v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 567 (7th Cir. 2003)
    • Manzur v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 494 F.3d 281 (2d Cir. 2007)
  • Persecution: GANG VIOLENCE
    • Lopez-Soto v. Ashcroft, 383 F.3d 228 (4th Cir. 2004)
    • Menjivar v. Gonzales, 416 F.3d 918 (8th Cir. 2005)
    • Ortiz-Araniba v. Keisler, 505 F.3d 39 (1st Cir. 2007)
  • Persecution: ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
    • Borca v. INS, 77 F.3d 210 (7th Cir. 1996)
    • Yong Hoo Chen v. INS, 195 F.3d 198 (4th Cir. 1999)
    • Guan Shan Liao v. USDOJ, 293 F.3d 61 (2d Cir. 2002)
    • Ahmed v. Ashcroft, 341 F.3d 214 (3d Cir. 2003)
    • Baballah v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 2004)
    • Eduard v. Ashcroft, 379 F.3d 182 (5th Cir. 2004)
    • Li v. A.G., 400 F.3d … (3d 2005) (PDF Summary)
    • Ahmed v. Gonzales, 467 F.3d (7th Cir. 2006)
  • Persecution: FAMILY PLANNING
    • Matter of Chang, 201 I&N Dec. 38 (BIA 1989) [overruled by IIRIRA]
    • Li v. A.G., 400 F.3d … (3d 2005) (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of T-Z-, 24 I&N Dec. 163 (BIA 2007) (PDF Summary)
  • Persecution: NEXUS
  • Persecution: THREATS
    • Boykov v. INS, 109 F.3d 413 (7th Cir. 1997)
    • Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929 (9th Cir. 2000)
    • Li v. A.G., 400 F.3d … (3d 2005) (PDF Summary)
  • Persecution: WHAT DOESN’T QUALIFY
    • Abdille v. Ashcroft, 242 F.3d 477 (3d Cir. 2001) [$ motive] (PDF Summary)
    • Dandan v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 567 (7th Cir. 2003)
    • Konan v. A.G., 432 F.3d 497 (3d Cir. 2005) [general unrest] (PDF Summary)
    • Voci v. Gonzales, 409 F.3d 607 (3d Cir. 2005) [single instances of harm] (PDF Summary)
    • Shehu v. A.G., 482 F.3d 652 (3d Cir. 2007) [criminals motivated by money] (PDF Summary)
    • Iztlilco-Morales v. Keisler, 507 F.3d 651 (8th Cir. 2007) [poor health care for HIV+]
    • Gonzalez-Posadas v. A.G., 781 F.3d 677 (3d Cir. 2015) [isolated criminal acts] (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of A-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018) [DV/gang violence] (Summary)
  • Political Opinion / Imputed
    • INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 (1992)
    • Matter of R-O-, 20 I&N Dec. 455 (BIA 1992)
    • Voci v. Gonzales, 409 F.3d 607 (3d Cir. 2005) (PDF Summary)
    • Chavarria v. Gonzalez, 446 F.3d 508 (3d Cir. 2006) (PDF Summary)
    • Zacarias-Velasquez v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 429 (8th Cir. 2007)
    • Bartolo-Diego v. Gonzales, 490 F.3d 1024 (8th Cir. 2007)
    • Matter of S-E-G-, 24 I&N Dec. 579 (BIA 2008) (PDF Summary)
    • Espinosa-Cortez v. A.G., 607 F.3d 101 (3d Cir. 2010) (PDF Summary)
    • Matter of N-M-, 25 I&N Dec. 526 (BIA 2011) [whistleblowing] (PDF Summary)
    • Tilija v. A.G., 930 F.3d 165 (3d Cir. 2019) (PDF Summary)
    • Guzman Orellana v. A.G., 956 F.3d 171 (3d Cir. 2020) (PDF Summary)
  • Post-Departure Bar
    • William v. Gonzales, 499 F.3d 329 (4th Cir. 2007)
    • Marin-Rodriguez v. Holder, 612 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. 2010)
    • Coyt v. Holder, 593 F.3d 902 (9th Cir. 2010)
    • Pruidze v. Holder, 632 F.3d 234 (6th Cir. 2011)
    • Prestol Espinal v. A.G., 653 F.3d 213 (3d Cir. 2011)
    • Reyes Torres v. Holder, 645 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2011)
    • Luna v. Holder, 637 F.3d 85 (2d Cir. 2011)
    • Prestol Espinal v. A.G., 653 F.3d 213 (3d Cir. 2011) [MTR, history] (PDF Summary)
  • REAL ID Act of 2005: CREDIBILITY
    • Gao v. Ashcroft, 299 F.3d 266 (3d Cir. 2002) (superseded: heart of the matter) (PDF Summary)
    • Toure v. A.G., 443 F.3d 310 (3d Cir. 2006) (PDF Summary)
  • REAL ID Act: MIXED MOTIVES
    • Gomez-Zuluaga v. A.G., 527 F.3d 330 (3d Cir. 2008) (PDF Summary)
    • In re J-B-N- & S-M-, 24 I&N Dec. 2008 (BIA 2007) (PDF Summary)
    • Ndayshimiye v. A.G., 557 f.3d 124 (3d Cir. 2009) (same as ^^) (PDF Summary)
  • Recission in absentia removal order
  • Reinstatement of prior removal order
    • Gonzalez-Posadas v. A.G., 781 F.3d 677 (3d Cir. 2015) (PDF Summary)
    • Andrade-Garcia v. Lynch, 828 F.3d 829 (9th Cir. 2016) [reasonable fear determination]
    • Ayala v. Sessions, 855 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2017) [reasonable fear determination] (PDF Summary)
    • Bartolome v. Sessions, 904 F.3d 803 (9th Cir. 2018) (PDF Summary)
  • Removal of USC
    • Gallarza v. Szalczyk, 745 F.3d 634 (3d Cir. 2013) (Summary)
  • Similarly Situated Family Members
  • Termination of Case by IJ
    • Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 462 (A.G. 2018)
  • Torture (under the CAT)
    • Matter of R-A-F-, 27 I&N Dec. 778 (A.G. 2020) [poor conditions in MX mental health facility] (PDF Summary)
  • Visa Waiver Program
    • Kanacevic v. INS, 448 F.3d 129 (2d Cir. 2006)
    • Shehu v. A.G., 482 F.3d 652 (3d Cir. 2007) (PDF Summary)
  • Voluntary Departure
  • Withholding-Only Proceedings
    • INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
    • INS v. Aguirre-Aguirre, 526 U.S. 415 (1999)
    • Matter of I-S- & C-S-, 24 I&N Dec. 432 (BIA 2008)
    • Padilla-Ramirez v. Bible, 882 F.3d 826 (CA9 2017)
    • Guerrero-Sanchez v. Warden YCP, 905 F.3d 208 (CA3 2018)
    • Martinez v. LaRose, 968 F.3d 555 (CA6 2020)
    • Nasrallah v. Barr, 590 U.S. ___ (2020)
    • Johnson v. Guzman Chavez, 594 U.S. ___ (2021) (PDF Summary)