Burden / standard of proof / Witnesses

Petition for review granted, order of the Board vacated, and the case remanded for proceedings consistent with finding that members of a group consisting of persons who witnessed Haradinaj’s alleged crimes and cooperated with international investigators possessed the required social visibility requirement to constitute a particular social group.

18 December 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Countries: Serbia - United States of America

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

27 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Smuggling of persons - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons - Well-founded fear of persecution - Witnesses | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of Removal of the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (BIA No. A71-346-048). Argued: Monday, May 15, 2006.

20 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Witnesses | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Agency No. A96 260 043).

18 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - Witnesses | Countries: Argentina - United States of America

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

3 May 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kosovar - Persecution based on political opinion - Proof of nationality - Witnesses | Countries: Serbia - United States of America