Shaikh v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
588 F.3d 861 · 2009
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
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Applies 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))
Relies on Mikhael v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Parussimova v. Mukasey · Ruben Dario Lopez-Gomez v. John Ashcroft US · Girma v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · J-B-N- & S-M
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We review the BIA's decision and only consider the IJ's decision to the extent that it influenced the BIA.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (b)(3)(A), withholding of removal is a mandatory form of relief if an alien's life or freedom would be threatened in the country of removal because of the alien's race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“requires only that the BIA's decisions be supported by record evidence and be substantially reasonable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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