Aminata Dieng v. Eric Holder, Jr.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a fear of FGM of an adult woman who “has effectively ‘aged out’ of the threat of FGM in Senegal” did not support a claim for asylum, let alone withholding of removal
• holding that a fear of FGM of an adult woman who “has effectively ‘aged out’ of the threat of FGM in Senegal” did not support a claim for asylum, let alone withholding of removal
• holding that a fear of FGM of an adult woman who “has effectively ‘aged out’ of the threat of FGM in Senegal” did not support a No. 15-4007 Sene v. Sessions Page 6 claim for asylum, let alone withholding of removal
• noting that this court will only reverse a factual finding if “the evidence not only supports a contrary conclusion, but compels it” (emphasis added
• “Since Dieng has failed to meet her burden of proving eligibility for asylum, she necessarily fails to meet the more stringent burden required for withholding of removal.”
• “The fear of future persecution must be based on reasonably specific information showing a real threat to individual persecution, not mere assertions of fear of possible persecution or speculative conclusions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).