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Martínez-Pérez v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis

897 F.3d 33 · 2018

Citation profile

18
cited by 18 later decisions
April 2025
most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Bocova v. Gonzales · Juan Antonio Morales v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Topalli v. Gonzales · López-Castro v. Holder · A-B

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

  1. “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.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “a certain level of serious harm (whether past or anticipated), a sufficient nexus between that harm and government action or inaction, and a causal connection to one of the statutorily protected grounds”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “meaning we accept the findings 'as long as they are supported by reasonable, substantial and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.'”
    1 later decision 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.