Case Law

27 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

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

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

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

6 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

On 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 | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Police - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Romania - 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. Decision filed on 3 January 2007 and amended on 29 February 2007.

3 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - 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 - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted: November 17, 2006 Pasadena, California; Filed: December 12, 2006.

12 December 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Non-refoulement | Countries: Ukraine - 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 | 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