Case Law

On Petition for Review from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, dated 17 June 2004 (BIA No. A78 314 957).

29 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Honduras - United States of America

On Petition for Review of a decision and order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA No. A77-935-836). Argued March 7, 2005; Filed: April 27, 2005.

27 April 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of Removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (BIA No. A78-514-349).

30 December 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Countries: Guinea - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of Removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (BIA No. A78-514-349). Argued February 3, 2003; Reargued En Banc May 28, 2003; Filed: December 22, 2003.

22 December 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Illegal entry - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Non precedential opinion.

13 November 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: China - United States of America

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Civ. No. 00-00852).

29 October 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Habeas corpus | Countries: Cuba - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (No. A73-543-250).

20 August 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: Palestine, State of - United States of America

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

16 May 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Ghana - United States of America

Petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ordering the Applicant's deportation after denying his application for asylum, application for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act and request for withholding of removal under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

14 May 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Uganda - United States of America