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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:
District of Delaware
District of New Jersey
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Western District of Pennsylvania
It also has appellate jurisdiction over the District Court of the Virgin Islands which, in spite of the name, is a territorial court and belongs to no federal judicial district. Website: www.ca3.uscourts.gov/
District of Delaware
District of New Jersey
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Western District of Pennsylvania
It also has appellate jurisdiction over the District Court of the Virgin Islands which, in spite of the name, is a territorial court and belongs to no federal judicial district. Website: www.ca3.uscourts.gov/
- Abduction 2
- Appeal / Right to appeal 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
- Catholic 1
- Changes of circumstances in home country 1
- Child soldiers 1
- Children-at-risk 2
- Christian 1
- Civil and political rights 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 8
- Country of origin information (COI) 2
- Credibility assessment 3
- Crimes against humanity 1
- Criminal justice 1
- Denial of refugee status 3
- Deportation / Forcible return 15
- Diplomatic assurances 1
- Drug trafficking 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Extradition 2
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
- Freedom of expression 3
- Freedom of speech 3
- Gang related violence 2
- Grounds for persecution 1
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Habeas corpus 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
- Illegal entry 1
- Jurisdiction 1
- Koreans 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 5
- Mental health 1
- Naturalization 1
- Non-refoulement 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 3
- One-child policy / Family planning 4
- Persecution based on political opinion 7
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
- Persons with disabilities 1
- Police 1
- Political situation 1
- Prison or detention conditions 2
- Prosecution vs persecution 1
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugees 1
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 2
- Right to employment 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
- SGBV 1
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Social group persecution 6
- State protection 1
- Stowaways 1
- Terrorism 1
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Well-founded fear of persecution 5
- Witnesses 2
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