Holding that we are "not generally empowered to conduct a de novo inquiry into the matter being reviewed and to reach [our] own conclusions based on such an inquiry. Rather, the proper course, except in rare circumstances, is to remand to the agency for additional investigation or explanation."
555 U.S. 511 (2009) Cited 215 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that Fedorenko's rule that voluntariness is irrelevant to culpability with respect to the DPA's persecutor bar need not be applied to the analogous INA persecutor bar
Holding that "Salvadoran males, between the ages of 8 and 15," recruited by gangs but who refused to join, did not constitute a particular social group
Holding that a licensing board member was liable for voting against plaintiff's license application because his "opposition to [plaintiff's] application was motivated by his own personal bias"
8 U.S.C. § 1101 Cited 16,720 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
Recognizing that applicant can meet burden for well-founded fear of persecution by demonstrating a reasonable possibility of persecution against himself as an individual or a pattern or practice of persecution against persons in a group to which he belongs