Baharon v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that an IJ may not arbitrarily ignore unrebutted, legally significant evidence
• finding “[a] key difference between persecution and less-severe mistreatment is that the former is ‘systematic’ while the latter consists of isolated incidents”
• “Violence or threats to one’s close relatives is an important factor in deciding whether mistreatment sinks to the level of persecution.”
• BIA failure to address evidence in the record compelled the court to reverse BIA determination on past persecution
• “the IJ and BIA were not then free to base their decision on only isolated 20 SALGUERO SOSA V. GARLAND snippets of that record while disregarding the rest”
• \Those who flee persecution and seek refuge under our laws have the right to know that the evidence they present ... will be fairly considered and weighed by those who decide their fate.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).