United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted 10 June 2008 San Francisco, California.

9 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Argued and Submitted 8 June 2007 in Pasadena, California.

27 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Decision filed on 3 January 2007 and amended on 29 February 2007.

3 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted: November 17, 2006 Pasadena, California; Filed: December 12, 2006.

12 December 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Non-refoulement | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

21 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted En Banc March 23, 2006; Filed June 9, 2006.

9 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Changes of circumstances in home country - Persecution based on political opinion - Resettlement - Safe third country | Countries: Fiji - United States of America

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California denying petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

17 March 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

30 December 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Harmful traditional practices - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

12 August 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - HIV and AIDS - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted En Banc: December 14, 2004 Pasadena, California. The Supreme Court of the United States has subsequently granted a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Court of Appeals' judgment was vacated and the case remanded for further proceedings.

3 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: South Africa - United States of America