In re A-B-

81 Cited authorities

  1. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,313 times   628 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"
  2. Anderson v. Bessemer City

    470 U.S. 564 (1985)   Cited 11,056 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a factfinder's choice between two permissible views of the evidence cannot be clearly erroneous
  3. INS v. Elias-Zacarias

    502 U.S. 478 (1992)   Cited 5,198 times
    Holding that central to the asylum statute is that persecution must be on account of a statutorily protected ground, making the assailant's "motive critical"
  4. National Cable Telecom. Assn. v. Brand X Internet S

    545 U.S. 967 (2005)   Cited 1,196 times   48 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an agency is free within "the limits of reasoned interpretation to change course" only if it "adequately justifies the change"
  5. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,415 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous
  6. Xiao Ji Chen v. United States Department of Justice

    471 F.3d 315 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 2,082 times
    Holding that determination of the weight of evidence is largely a matter of agency discretion
  7. Gonzales v. Thomas

    547 U.S. 183 (2006)   Cited 328 times
    Holding that we are "not generally empowered to conduct a de novo inquiry into the matter being reviewed and to reach [our] own conclusions based on such an inquiry. Rather, the proper course, except in rare circumstances, is to remand to the agency for additional investigation or explanation."
  8. Reyes v. Lynch

    842 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2016)   Cited 660 times
    Holding that the BIA's articulation of the social group requirement was reasonable
  9. Negusie v. Holder

    555 U.S. 511 (2009)   Cited 218 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Fedorenko's rule that voluntariness is irrelevant to culpability with respect to the DPA's persecutor bar need not be applied to the analogous INA persecutor bar
  10. Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder

    707 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2013)   Cited 562 times
    Holding that retribution for refusal to join a gang does not constitute persecution on account of a protected ground
  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,913 times   92 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
  12. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,814 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"
  13. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 8,066 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver
  14. Section 1229a - Removal proceedings

    8 U.S.C. § 1229a   Cited 6,495 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Granting a noncitizen the right to file one motion to reopen and providing that “the motion to reopen shall be filed within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal”
  15. Section 1226 - Apprehension and detention of aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1226   Cited 3,258 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Ruling that no court may set aside an immigration judge's "discretionary judgment any action or decision . . . regarding the detention or release of any alien or the grant, revocation, or denial of bond or parole"
  16. Section 1225 - Inspection by immigration officers; expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens; referral for hearing

    8 U.S.C. § 1225   Cited 1,331 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Setting standard for credible fear as "a significant possibility, taking into account the ... statements made by the alien ... and such other facts as are known to the officer, that the alien could establish eligibility for asylum"
  17. Section 1103 - Powers and duties of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Attorney General

    8 U.S.C. § 1103   Cited 853 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Granting the Attorney General power to "establish such regulations" and "review . . . administrative determinations in immigration proceedings"
  18. Section 208.13 - Establishing asylum eligibility

    8 C.F.R. § 208.13   Cited 1,795 times
    Recognizing that applicant can meet burden for well-founded fear of persecution by demonstrating a reasonable possibility of persecution against himself as an individual or a pattern or practice of persecution against persons in a group to which he belongs
  19. Section 1208.13 - Establishing asylum eligibility

    8 C.F.R. § 1208.13   Cited 451 times
    Listing factors
  20. Section 1003.1 - Organization, jurisdiction, and powers of the Board of Immigration Appeals

    8 C.F.R. § 1003.1   Cited 96 times
    Allowing for affirmance without opinion