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Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Exclusion clauses

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Matter of E-A-

Appeal dismissed on grounds that the applicant’s actions as a member of a group that burned passenger buses and cars, threw stones, and disrupted the economic activity of merchants in the market, while pretending to be from the opposition party in order to discredit such party, reached the level of serious criminal conduct which outweighed its political nature and therefore constituted a serious nonpolitical crime.

11 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

Annachamy v. Holder, Attorney General

Petition for review denied on ground that there is no implied exception to the material support bar for individuals who assist organizations engaged in legitimate political violence or who provide support under duress.

3 July 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

Matter of D-R-

6 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extrajudicial executions - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - United States of America

Negusie v. Holder, Attorney General

On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Negusie v. Gonzales, Attorney General, 15 May 2007.

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Shephard c. Canada (Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration)

Demande de contrôle judiciaire.

26 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Shephard v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Application for judicial review.

26 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Negusie v. Gonzales, Attorney General

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

15 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Protestant - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Sameh Sami S. Khouzam v. Thomas H. Hogan, et al.

Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and to vacate the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security to terminate the court-ordered deferral of removal of the Petitioner. Motion for Release from Custody. The decision was subsequently appealed before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Nos. 07-2926 & 08-1094.

10 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States District Courts | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Egypt - United States of America

Zhang Jian Xie v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge denying the petitioner's application for asylum and withholding of removal.

5 January 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - United States of America

Matter of K-

Interlocutory appeal of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

5 November 1991 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Exclusion clauses | Countries: Liberia - United States of America

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