Case Law

23 July 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gang related violence - Indigenous persons - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

2 July 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Jurisdiction - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

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

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

On petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The panel and BIA’s decisions were subsequently vacated and the case was remanded to the BIA: Mejilla-Romero v. Holder, Attorney General.

6 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

9 September 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Fresh / New claim - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: United States of America - Zimbabwe

14 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Communal conflict / Social conflict - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Algeria - United States of America

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

29 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - United States of America