Case Law

24 April 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Nepal - United States of America

22 April 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Police - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

18 April 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Drug trafficking - Persecution of family members - Visas | Countries: Colombia - United States of America

23 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) | Countries: Albania - United States of America

23 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America

16 October 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Albania - United States of America

Petition for review granted in part on grounds that BIA's withholding-of-removal decision was contrary to the evidence, and case remanded.

24 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

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

23 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

Petition for Review of a Final Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted and case remanded for BIA to consider whether "Peruvian military officers whose names became associated with Accomarca" would qualify as a social group.

24 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: Peru - United States of America