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383 F.3d 531 · 2004

Citation profile

24
cited by 24 later decisions
May 2013
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Tarrawally v. Ashcroft · Niam v. Ashcroft · Oforji v. Ashcroft · Ahmad 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “establish that it is more likely than not that he or she would be tortured if removed to the proposed country of removal.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “We lack jurisdiction over the BIA's decision to bar, based on untimeliness, [petitioner's] asylum application.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[W]hen the IJ does not believe the applicant or does not know what to believe,”
    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.