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895 F.3d 154 · 2018

Citation profile

21
cited by 21 later decisions
April 2025
most recently cited

2 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. § 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Pan v. Gonzales · Ambartsoumian v. Ashcroft · Madrigal v. Holder

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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Except for taking administrative notice of commonly known facts ... the Board will not engage in factfinding in the course of deciding appeals ... If further factfinding is needed in a particular case, the Board may remand the proceeding to the immigration judge....”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “'[U]nwillingness and inability are distinct issues' and the 'inquiry into whether there is a government nexus must include separate consideration of the evidence of unwillingness and the evidence of inability.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(42)(A). When a private actor, rather than the government itself, is alleged to be the persecutor, the alien must demonstrate”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.