United States of America

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

15 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Jamaica - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted 10 June 2008 San Francisco, California.

9 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Argued and Submitted 8 June 2007 in Pasadena, California.

27 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

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

21 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

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

30 December 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Harmful traditional practices - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

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

12 August 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - HIV and AIDS - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - 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: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted En Banc: December 14, 2004 Pasadena, California. The Supreme Court of the United States has subsequently granted a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Court of Appeals' judgment was vacated and the case remanded for further proceedings.

3 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: South Africa - United States of America

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

7 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Shia - Social group persecution | Countries: Lebanon - United States of America

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

13 September 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Comment/Note in: Harvard Law Review, Volume 114, June 2001, No. 8, p. 2569-2575.

24 August 2000 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America