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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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Gashi v. Holder, Attorney General

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 | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Serbia - United States of America

Castro et al v. Holder, US Attorney General

2 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Police - Social group persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Kone v. Holder, United States Attorney-General

25 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Dioula - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

Bah v. Mukasey, Diallo v. Department of Homeland Security, Diallo v. Department of Homeland Security

Petition for review.

11 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guinea - United States of America

Hong Ying Gao v. Alberto Gonzales

Petition for review of decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming an Immigration Judge's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection against torture.

3 March 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: China - United States of America

Joaquin-Porras v. Gonzales

Petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge denying the petitioner's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture.

18 January 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - 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: Costa Rica - United States of America

Gomez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Petition for review.

28 October 1991 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Political asylum - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

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