Ignatova v. Gonzales’s Empirical Analysis
430 F.3d 1209 · 2005
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Jarbough v. Attorney General of the United States (2007), Gomis v. Holder (2009)
43 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Relies on Vasile v. Gonzales · Harstad v. First American Bank · Vladimir Ismailov v. Janet Reno Attorney General US Department of Justice · Kourski v. Ashcroft · Urena-Tavarez 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The determination of what evidence is credible and the weight to be given that evidence shall be within the sole discretion of the Attorney General.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Ignatova's submission described treatment allegedly given to her by certain doctors and bore stamps and seals, but the record contains a letter from the hospital denying that those doctors were employed there, that the stamps and seals were authentic, or that Ignatova had been treated there.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since we lack jurisdiction to review questions of fact underlying discretionary decisions of the Attorney General, see 8 U.S.C. §§ 1186a(c)(4), 1252(a)(2)(B), we are without jurisdiction to review the denial of the hardship waiver in this case.”
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.