Case Law

Remanded to determine whether respondent could avoid future persecution by relocating to another part of the country and whether, under all the circumstances, it would be reasonable to expect him to do so.

4 October 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted and case remanded for additional proceedings.

4 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Jehovah's Witness - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Armenia - United States of America

Summary Order. Petition for Review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision.

30 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Resettlement | Countries: United States of America

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

27 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Burden of proof - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Gio - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Liberia - United States of America

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

2 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for review of an Order by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

1 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

Petition for Review of a Final Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

7 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Derivative status - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Somalia - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (A96-271-698). Argued: October 25, 2006; Decided: December 15, 2006.

15 December 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Congo, Republic of the - United States of America

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

8 September 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America