Ramos-Lopez v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
563 F.3d 855 · 2009
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions — most recently March 2023 · most notably Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder (2013), Orellana-Monson v. Holder (2012)
23 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
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · Zehatye v. Gonzales
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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[In Santos-Lemus,] [w]e did not analyze the BIA’s decision [in Matter of S-E-G-] under the Chevron framework.... We decided Santos-Lemus, however, before our en banc decision in Marmolejo-Campos, in which we clarified the method by which we determine the degree of deference owed to BIA decisions. Thus, to the extent Santos-Le-mus is inconsistent with Marmolejo-Cam pos, the later en banc decision must control.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e recognize that [Matter of S-E G-] specifically addresses resistance to recruitment by the [Mara Salvatrucha]-13 in El Salvador, not Honduras. The BIA, however, expected its decision to apply to the same group in Honduras.”). The BIA's reasoning in Matter of S-E-G- is no less applicable to the Mara 13 (or an equivalent gang) in Guatemala. Because Ramos claims persecution by either the Mara 13 or a rival Central American gang, our decision in Ramos-Lopez controls. 5 . In Ramos-Lopez, we noted that we deferred in Santos-Lemus”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barrios v. Holder
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.