Case Law

On Petition for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition Denied.

8 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Russian Federation - United States of America

On 6 April 2010, the Court issued a decision denying the petition for review. Mejilla-Romero v. Holder, Attorney General.

6 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

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

15 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - 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

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

30 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Indonesia - 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

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

27 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Burden of proof - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Gio - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Liberia - United States of America

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

1 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America