Soeung v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
677 F.3d 484 · 2012
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Abdulai v. Ashcroft · Shabanali Ladha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · 21 I. & N. Dec. 722 - S-M-J · Chukwu v. Attorney General of the United States
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[B]efore the failure to produce corroborating evidence can be held against an applicant, there must be explicit findings that (1) it was reasonable to expect the applicant to produce corroboration and (2) the applicant's failure to do so was not adequately explained.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“life or freedom would be threatened in [the country to which she would be removed] because of [her] race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e cannot read these findings into the record; they [must be] made explicitly in the first instance by the IJ and the BIA.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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