Kebede v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
366 F.3d 808 · 2004
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably Zehatye v. Gonzales (2006), Chun He Li v. Ashcroft (2004)
32 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Farah v. Ashcroft · Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft · Alvarez-Santos v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“picked at minor memory laps and inconsistencies on issues at the periphery.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“and could not support an adverse credibility determination). 42 Here, the IJ failed to state why the hiring date inconsistency is relevant to Don's asylum claim or even whether it reveals anything about his fear for his safety. The hiring date of the cook had absolutely no significance to Don at the time it occurred. Don would have had no reason whatsoever to remember the hiring date, because the date only acquired any significance in the course of these asylum proceedings. Thus, it is clear that in making the adverse credibility finding, the IJ impermissibly”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Don v. Gonzales“de Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 F.3d 391 , 393 (9th Cir.1997) (quoting Berroteran-Melendez v. INS, 955 F.2d 1251 , 1256 (9th Cir.1992)). The inconsistencies on which the IJ relied are not”
1 later decision 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.