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In re L-E-A

19 Cited authorities

  1. Reyes v. Lynch

    842 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2016)   Cited 650 times
    Holding that the BIA's articulation of the social group requirement was reasonable

  2. Barajas-Romero v. Lynch

    846 F.3d 351 (9th Cir. 2017)   Cited 603 times
    Holding that the "a reason" is a less demanding standard than "one central reason"

  3. Ramirez-Mejia v. Lynch

    794 F.3d 485 (5th Cir. 2015)   Cited 164 times
    Holding economic extortion not a form of persecution under immigration law

  4. JIE LIN v. ASHCROFT

    356 F.3d 1027 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 191 times
    Holding that Lin "had a plausible claim for refugee status as a member of a particular social group — his immediate family — if he could demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution on account of that status"

  5. Rios v. Lynch

    807 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2015)   Cited 110 times
    Holding that "the family remains the quintessential particular social group" even under the BIA's new framework for social group membership established in Matter of M-E-V-G, 26 I & N. Dec. 227 (BIA 2014)

  6. Crespin-Valladares v. Holder

    632 F.3d 117 (4th Cir. 2011)   Cited 111 times
    Holding that Chevron deference should be accorded to the BIA’s long-standing interpretation of "particular social group."

  7. Al-Ghorbani v. Holder

    585 F.3d 980 (6th Cir. 2009)   Cited 114 times
    Approving proposed group of women who opposed the repressive and discriminatory Yemeni cultural and religious customs that prohibit mixed-class marriages and require paternal consent for marriage

  8. Hernandez-Avalos v. Lynch

    784 F.3d 944 (4th Cir. 2015)   Cited 81 times
    Holding that a mother was persecuted because of her familial relationship to her son given that gang members sought to "leverage [her] maternal authority to control her son's activities" in order to get the son to join the gang

  9. Mendoza-Alvarez v. Holder

    714 F.3d 1161 (9th Cir. 2013)   Cited 44 times
    Holding that groups that "include large numbers of people with different conditions and in different circumstances" and "sweep up a large and disparate population" lack particularity

  10. Gebremichael v. I.N.S.

    10 F.3d 28 (1st Cir. 1993)   Cited 77 times
    Holding petitioner's due process rights were violated when he was not given opportunity to respond to a fact newly noticed by the BIA prior to an adverse decision against him

  11. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,675 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"