· 8/31/2011
Carrizo v. U.S. Attorney General
Citations
- 652 F.3d 1326
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18182
- 2011 WL 3828561
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing a petitioner has the burden to prove an imputed political opinion will cause him to be persecuted
- denying petition for review where adverse credibility finding was based on family’s failure to disclose im- portant details of applicant’s alleged persecution
- “A petitioner’s inability to meet the standard of proof for asylum generally precludes the petitioner from qualifying for withholding of removal.”
- “Although [respondent] might reasonably decline to list every detention, his failure to mention any of them supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding.”
- “The ordinary meaning of the phrase ‘persecution on account of . . . political opinion’ in § 101(a)(42) is persecution on account of the victim’s political opinion . . . .”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hull, Fay, Vinson
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