Begu v. Gonzales’s Empirical Analysis
2006
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chen Yun Gao v. Ashcroft · Abdulai v. Ashcroft · Denko v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Guang Run Yu v. Ashcroft · Pilica v. Ashcroft
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Court . . . specifically notes that Petitioner's failure to provide medical records related to the beatings [during her detention] does not constitute a reasonable basis for a finding of incredibility. . . . Not all beatings leave physical marks, and the inability of lay persons to identify such evidence alone is not sufficient to determine that the alleged acts never occurred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mapouya v. Gonzales“`cannot be viewed as attempts by [Mapouya] to enhance his claims of persecution, they have no bearing on credibility.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mapouya v. Gonzales“an adverse credibility finding must be based on issues that go to the heart of the applicant's claim,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mapouya v. Gonzales
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.