Chen v. U.S. Attorney General’s Empirical Analysis
463 F.3d 1228 · 2006
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 231 later decisions — most recently December 2022 · most notably Shrestha v. Holder (2010), Sanchez Jimenez v. U.S. Attorney General (2007)
14 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
Relies on Fedaa al Najjar Mazen al Najjar v. John Ashcroft Attorney General US Department of Justice · Sepulveda v. U.S. Attorney General · Gonzales v. Thomas · Forgue v. U.S. Attorney General · D-Muhumed v. U.S. Attorney General
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 231 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any person who is outside any country of such person’s nationality ... and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Considering the totality of the circumstances, and all relevant factors, a trier of fact may base a credibility determination on the demeanor, candor, or responsiveness of the applicant or witness, the inherent plausibility of the applicant’s or witness’s account, the consistency between the applicant’s or witness’s written and oral statements (whenever made and whether or not under oath, and considering the circumstances under which the statements were made), the internal consistency of each such statement, the consistency of such statements with other evidence of record (including the reports of the Department of State on country conditions), and any inaccuracies or falsehoods in such statements, without regard to whether an inconsistency, inaccuracy, or falsehood goes to the heart of the applicant’s claim, or any other relevant factor.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We review only the Board's decision, except to the extent that it expressly adopts the IJ's opinion.”
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.