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In re C-G-T-

21 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Elias-Zacarias

    502 U.S. 478 (1992)   Cited 5,175 times
    Holding that central to the asylum statute is that persecution must be on account of a statutorily protected ground, making the assailant's "motive critical"

  2. Lawrence v. Texas

    539 U.S. 558 (2003)   Cited 1,173 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment

  3. Bowers v. Hardwick

    478 U.S. 186 (1986)   Cited 663 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Constitution does not "confer a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy"

  4. Bringas-Rodriguez v. Sessions

    850 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2017)   Cited 360 times
    Holding that petitioner's sexual orientation was at least "one central reason" for his persecution

  5. Karouni v. Gonzales

    399 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2005)   Cited 74 times
    Holding that asylum applicants cannot be asked to conceal their sexual orientation and there is no "appreciable difference between . . . being persecuted for being a homosexual and being persecuted for engaging in homosexual acts"

  6. Flores v. Garland

    3 F.4th 615 (4th Cir. 2021)   Cited 43 times
    Holding that "[p]urported Salvadoran efforts to combat gang violence and corruption in general do not excuse the agency's failure to support its decision with the proper legal and factual analysis of Petitioner's specific circumstances"

  7. Doe v. Attorney Gen.

    956 F.3d 135 (3d Cir. 2020)   Cited 42 times
    Concluding that the Board erroneously failed to find a pattern or practice in Ghana of persecution against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex community

  8. Harutyunyan v. Gonzales

    421 F.3d 64 (1st Cir. 2005)   Cited 56 times
    Finding no inability where "the local authorities responded immediately to each incident," and "the police succeeded in tracking down the malefactors and initiated criminal proceedings against them"

  9. Pan v. Holder

    777 F.3d 540 (2d Cir. 2015)   Cited 33 times

    No. 13–203–ag. 01-26-2015 Aleksandr PAN, Petitioner. v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent. Judy Resnick, Law Office of Judy Resnick, Far Rockaway, NY, for Petitioner. Jesse David Lorenz (Stuart F. Delery, Emily Anne Radford, Thanh Khiet T. Nguyen, Craig A. Newell, Jr., on the brief), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent. JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge Judy Resnick, Law Office of Judy Resnick, Far Rockaway, NY

  10. Justo v. Sessions

    895 F.3d 154 (1st Cir. 2018)   Cited 24 times
    Recognizing willingness and inability as distinct issues

  11. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,668 times   6 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 7,955 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 1208.16 - Withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3)(B) of the Act and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture

    8 C.F.R. § 1208.16   Cited 969 times
    Withholding of removal

  14. Section 1208.4 - Filing the application

    8 C.F.R. § 1208.4   Cited 157 times
    Recognizing an "extraordinary circumstance" when "[t]he applicant maintained Temporary Protected Status . . . until a reasonable period before the filing of the asylum application