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In re O-F-A-S-

37 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Orlando Ventura

    537 U.S. 12 (2002)   Cited 3,408 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that proper remedy is to remand to agency for additional investigation of matter not previously considered

  2. INS v. Stevic

    467 U.S. 407 (1984)   Cited 924 times
    Holding that to qualify for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate a "clear probability" of persecution if removed

  3. Sepulveda v. U.S. Attorney General

    401 F.3d 1226 (11th Cir. 2005)   Cited 1,027 times
    Holding in a case where an activist received death threats and had a bomb set off at her place of work, that "[a]lthough the evidence may permit a conclusion the . . . bombing was directed at [her] on account of her political activity, it d[id] not compel such a conclusion"

  4. Barajas-Romero v. Lynch

    846 F.3d 351 (9th Cir. 2017)   Cited 586 times
    Holding that the "a reason" is a less demanding standard than "one central reason"

  5. Chen v. Gonzales

    470 F.3d 1131 (5th Cir. 2006)   Cited 498 times
    Holding that evidence that some but not all repatriated detainees were tortured did not entitle the petitioner to relief under the CAT because it did not establish with requisite certainty that the petitioner would be tortured

  6. Barna v. City of Perth Amboy

    42 F.3d 809 (3d Cir. 1994)   Cited 515 times
    Holding that "[p]robable cause need only exist as to any offense that could be charged under the circumstances"

  7. Kazemzadeh v. U.S. Attorney General

    577 F.3d 1341 (11th Cir. 2009)   Cited 326 times
    Holding that an applicant's treatment did not compel a finding of past persecution when he was imprisoned for four days, interrogated and beaten for five hours, and questioned and monitored after his release

  8. Khouzam v. Ashcroft

    361 F.3d 161 (2d Cir. 2004)   Cited 300 times
    Holding that acquiescence "requires only that government officials know of or remain willfully blind to an act and thereafter breach their legal responsibility to prevent it"

  9. Butler v. Collier

    685 F.3d 1261 (11th Cir. 2012)   Cited 208 times
    Holding that, where the unlawful conduct was not made possible by a defendant's status as a corrections officer, the action complained of did not occur under color of state law

  10. Ayala v. U.S.

    605 F.3d 941 (11th Cir. 2010)   Cited 215 times
    Granting relief where alien "testified that the police officers assaulted him outside of a gay nightclub and told him to shut up because he was queer and they could apply the vagrancy laws and they could incarcerate him or plant drugs in his house and that was all as a result of being queer" (quotation marks, alterations omitted)

  11. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,602 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  12. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,910 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver

  13. Section 208.18 - Implementation of the Convention Against Torture

    8 C.F.R. § 208.18   Cited 1,050 times
    Defining torture

  14. Section 208.17 - Deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture

    8 C.F.R. § 208.17   Cited 125 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Noting that deferral of removal is available for certain aliens ineligible for withholding of removal