Mayorga-Rosa v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
888 F.3d 379 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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 M-E-V-G · Malonga v. Mukasey · De Castro-Gutierrez v. Holder · Constanza v. Holder · A-R-C-G
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unwilling or unable to return to his home country 'because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mejia-Ramos v. Barr“the BIA's decision as the final agency action, but to the extent the BIA adopts the findings of the IJ, this court reviews those findings as part of the final agency action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Payeras v. Sessions“petitioner demonstrates that the evidence was so compelling that no reasonable fact finder could fail to find in favor of the petitioner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mejia-Ramos v. Barr
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.