Malty v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
381 F.3d 942 · 2004
Citation profile
28 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 307 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Najmabadi v. Holder (2010), Mansour v. Ashcroft (2004)
28 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. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Hoxha v. Ashcroft · Ekimian v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Singh v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Rodriguez-Lariz 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 307 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“changed circumstances will almost always relate to [an] initial claim.... The critical question is ... whether circumstances have changed sufficiently that a petitioner who previously did not have a legitimate claim ... now has a well-founded”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“error in administrative processing.” 4 , Although Shardar seeks, in addition to asylum, withholding of removal and CAT relief in his motion to reopen, because we conclude that he has made a prima facie case for asylum, we need not deal with these forms of alternative relief. 5 . Shardar’s motion to reopen is also his second, as he previously moved to reopen to seek relief under the CAT. In any event, whether because he is outside the 90-day time limit or because the motion is his second, he must show changed country conditions to bring his current motion to reopen. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2 (c)(2)-(3). 6 . Although the BNP returned to power before the Board had decided Shardar's appeal, our Court has held that the hearing before the IJ is "the previous hearing”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he “Freedom House Report,” ... published in June 1999 by the Center for Religious Freedom.... describes “mass arrests and torture” of approximately 1,000 Egyptian Coptic Christians, murders of numerous Coptic Christians on account of religion, and the arrest of the Secretary-General of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, all of which took place in 1998. It also details ... violent attacks against Christians who refuse to pay [the jizyah ], beginning in 1997.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mansour v. Ashcroft
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.