Kayembe v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
334 F.3d 231 · 2003
Citation profile
47 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 212 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Yan Chen v. Gonzales (2005), Dia v. Ashcroft (2003)
47 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 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 · Balasubramanrim v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 21 I. & N. Dec. 722 - S-M-J
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 212 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must proceed as if [petitioner’s] testimony were credible and determine whether the BIA’s decision is supported by substantial evidence in the face of his assumed (but not determined) credibility.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When deficiencies in the BIA's decision make it impossible for us to meaningfully review its decision, we must vacate that decision and remand so that the BIA can further explain its reasoning.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if the BIA expressly adopts or defers to a finding of the IJ, will we review the decision of the IJ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.