Aguilon-Lopez v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 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)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1281 (§ 251 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic · M-E-V-G · Nikijuluw v. Gonzales · Mendez-Barrera v. Holder · Jianli Chen v. Holder
Most-quoted passages
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“claim fails because, regardless of whether he established persecution, he did not establish his membership in a particularized social group.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rivas-DuráN v. Barr
How this case has been treated — in progress
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