In re M-Z-M-R-

12 Cited authorities

  1. Parussimova v. Mukasey

    555 F.3d 734 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 502 times
    Holding that "persecution may be caused by more than one central reason"
  2. Melkonian v. Ashcroft

    320 F.3d 1061 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 306 times
    Finding error in the agency's failure to consider the fact that petitioner's wife and son had both been granted asylum in the United States in evaluating the reasonableness of relocation
  3. Lukwago v. Ashcroft

    329 F.3d 157 (3d Cir. 2003)   Cited 261 times
    Holding "that the 'particular social group' must exist independently of the persecution suffered by the applicant for asylum."
  4. Knezevic v. Ashcroft

    367 F.3d 1206 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 133 times
    Holding that a well-founded fear requires petitioner to show more than a generalized or random possibility of persecution
  5. Afriyie v. Holder

    613 F.3d 924 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 108 times
    Holding that even if evidence "suggests that the police were willing to protect [petitioner], that says little if anything about whether they were able to do so"
  6. Singh v. Ilchert

    63 F.3d 1501 (9th Cir. 1995)   Cited 156 times
    Finding imputed political opinion based on Indian police's belief that applicant was affiliated with Sikh militants
  7. Kaiser v. Ashcroft

    390 F.3d 653 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 97 times
    Holding that petitioners failed to establish clear probability of persecution where they lived in Pakistan without harm for ten years after being placed on "hit list"
  8. Bace v. Ashcroft

    352 F.3d 1133 (7th Cir. 2003)   Cited 46 times
    Holding that persecution of election commissioner for refusal to certify an election was on account of a political opinion
  9. Singh v. Ilchert

    69 F.3d 375 (9th Cir. 1995)   Cited 47 times
    Finding persecution on account of political opinion when the persecutors' statements indicated they were acting because of the victim's political beliefs
  10. Gambashidze v. Ashcroft

    381 F.3d 187 (3d Cir. 2004)   Cited 22 times
    Concluding that substantial evidence did not support BIA's conclusion that internal relocation would be successful in avoiding future persecution