Bingham v. American Honda Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “not every threat that references a family member is made on account of family ties” (cleaned up)
• explaining that the agency’s nexus ruling is a factual question subject to substantial evidence review
• observing that, “if the record plausibly could support two results: the one the [agency] chose and the one [the petitioner] advances,” this court “must defer to the agency” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• observing that, “if the record plausibly could support two results: the one the [agency] chose and the one [the noncitizen] advances,” this court “must defer to the agency” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• discussing the nexus element and explaining that, “[i]f an applicant fails to satisfy the nexus requirement, she cannot obtain asylum or withholding of removal”
• “The lack of continuing threats under these circumstances provides additional substantial evidence to support the BIA’s interpretation of the narcotraffickers’ motivations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).