643 F. Supp. 669 - Pierre v. Rivkind’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 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. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic · Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Haitian Refugee Center v. Smith · Paul v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service · Rejaie v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Most-quoted passages
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“disregard of the great weight of the evidence presented by Petitioner, combined with the mischaracterization of other portions of it [which] effectively imposed a burden of proof on petitioner that could only have been met had she waited in Haiti until ... threats of persecution were actually carried out against her.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pierre v. Rivkind
How this case has been treated — in progress
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