Abdi Ali Aden v. Robert Wilkinson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “physical harm plus something more, such as credible death threats” compels a finding of past persecution
• holding that even if “a reasonable factfinder could conclude” the harm rose to the level of persecution, the record “did not compel” it
• holding that even if “a reasonable factfinder could conclude” the harm rose to the level of persecution, the record “did not compel” it
• explaining that asylum applicant must establish nexus by demonstrating persecution “on account of a statutorily protected ground”
• explaining that to meet the nexus requirement for asylum, “an applicant must show that the protected ground was ‘at least one central reason’ the applicant was persecuted” (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(1)(B)(i))
• finding petitioner established past persecution where he was beaten and his brother received death threats

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).