Ahir v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating the procedural requirements necessary to sustain a finding that a petitioner has filed a frivolous asylum application
• outlining the framework for an IJ to make a frivolous application finding
• outlining the framework for an IJ to make a frivolous application finding
• “[W]hen asked to respond to the discrepancies, [petitioner] either failed to explain, failed to even respond, or further contradicted her application. . . .”
• frivolous application determination appropriate where the procedural requirements were followed and the fabrication findings were supported by a preponderance of the evidence
• fourth element satisfied where petitioner was unable to explain discrepancies and where the IJ asked her directly, “Did you present to me a false claim for asylum, a made-up claim?”

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Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Dhital v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-17· cited 296×
• Jose Medina-Lara v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-10-10· cited 130×
• Yan Liu v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-02-23· cited 84×
• Angov v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-12-04· cited 65×
• Khadka v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-18· cited 59×
• Fernandes v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-20· cited 54×
• Mutuku v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-04-09· cited 43×
• Gil v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-06-22· cited 40×
• B-Y
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2010-07-01· cited 29×
• Odilia Velasquez-Escovar v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-09-29· cited 17×
• Singh v. Bondi
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-03-17· cited 16×
• Singh v. Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-10-04· cited 6×
• Liu v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-02-23· cited 4×
• M-M-A
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2022-03-11· cited 3×
• Liu v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-05-03· cited 1×
• Fofona v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-05-21· cited 1×
• Jose Medina-Lara v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-09-19
• Angov v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-06-08
• Chaing v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-01-16
• Jin Jie Liang v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-12-29

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Baltazar Hernandez Barron Margarita Hernandez Ramirez v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-02-10· cited 2,983×
• Jamal Ali Farah v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-11-14· cited 2,889×
• Y-L
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2007-07-01· cited 178×
• Jayantha Edirsinghe Kankamalage v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-07-08· cited 116×
• Tetyana Ignatova v. Alberto R. Gonzales 1 , Attorney General of the United States
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-12-19· cited 76×
• Germar Scheerer v. United States Attorney General
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-04-13· cited 73×
• Muhanna v. Gonzales
  Third Circuit· 2005-03-03· cited 65×
• Abedin Selami, Donald Selami v. Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-09-16· cited 58×
• Rafael Barreto-Claro v. The U.S. Attorney General
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-12-19· cited 56×
• Plasencia-Ayala v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-02-07· cited 50×
• Maxy Mediansyah Mingkid v. U.S. Attorney General
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-10-26· cited 35×
• Kalilu v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-02-14· cited 17×
• Selamawit Kifleyesus v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-09-12· cited 7×

Other cases named Ahir v. Mukasey

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Ahir v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-06-02