Delgado v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that refusing to give technical assistance to the FARC in Columbia can be expression of political opinion
• concluding that BIA erred in rejecting claim of government acquiescence in FARC violence where record showed that FARC controlled a “Switzerland-sized area” of Colombia
• concluding that being pro-government and anti-FARC is a political opinion for asylum purposes
• noting that petitioner, who was kidnapped by the FARC and escaped, had been “marked for death”
• holding that immigration judges have “an affirmative obligation to help establish and develop the record . . . especially when . . . [a noncitizen] is unrepresented by counsel” (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• holding that resistance to rebel group 13 known for targeting political rivals was political opinion 14 when petitioner “clearly viewed her flight as a refusal to 15 cooperate” with the rebels and it was “reasonable to infer” 16 that the rebels did as well

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Cited by

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

• Bah v. Mukasey
  Second Circuit· 2008-06-11· cited 1,199×
• Yuen Jin v. Mukasey
  Second Circuit· 2008-08-15· cited 645×
• Gao v. Sessions
  Second Circuit· 2018-05-25· cited 628×
• Shunfu Li v. Mukasey
  Second Circuit· 2008-06-13· cited 497×
• Castro v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2010-03-02· cited 124×
• Kone v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2010-02-25· cited 91×
• Espinosa-Cortez v. Attorney General of United States
  Third Circuit· 2010-06-02· cited 82×
• Karki v. Holder
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-04-30· cited 77×
• Garcia-Aranda v. Garland
  Second Circuit· 2022-11-21· cited 73×
• Acharya v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2014-08-05· cited 59×
• Miguel Arevalo-Quintero v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-05-26· cited 56×
• Ojo v. Garland
  Second Circuit· 2022-02-09· cited 44×
• Zelaya-Moreno v. Wilkinson
  Second Circuit· 2021-02-26· cited 43×
• Hernandez-Chacon v. Barr
  Second Circuit· 2020-01-23· cited 41×
• Pascual v. Mukasey
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-12-19· cited 40×
• Jian Liang v. Garland
  Second Circuit· 2021-08-19· cited 40×
• Gomez-Beleno v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2011-07-07· cited 38×
• Kaufman v. Mukasey
  D.C. Circuit· 2008-05-02· cited 29×
• Gashi v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2012-12-18· cited 28×
• Ruqiang Yu v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2012-09-07· cited 23×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Felix Hilario Secaida-Rosales v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 2003-06-02· cited 2,128×
• Cao He Lin, A/K/A Je Ling Chao v. United States Department of Justice and Attorney General Gonzales
  Second Circuit· 2005-11-04· cited 1,526×
• Wei Guang Wang v. Board of Immigration Appeals
  Second Circuit· 2006-02-17· cited 1,380×
• Shi Liang Lin v. United States Department of Justice
  Second Circuit· 2007-07-16· cited 1,067×
• Giuli Ivanishvili v. United States Department of Justice & Attorney General Gonzales
  Second Circuit· 2006-01-05· cited 815×
• Tian-Yong Chen, A.K.A. Tian Yong Chen v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 2004-03-08· cited 809×
• Li Hua Lin v. United States Department of Justice Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Second Circuit· 2006-06-28· cited 571×
• Jin Shui Qiu v. John Ashcroft, United States Department of Justice, Attorney General
  Second Circuit· 2003-04-16· cited 536×
• Sameh Sami S. Khouzam, A/K/A Sameh Sami Khouzam, A/K/A Sameh S. Khouzam, A/K/A Sameh Khouzam v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Second Circuit· 2004-04-12· cited 518×
• Tatiana Poradisova, Pavel Poradisov, and Gennadi Poradisov v. Alberto Gonzales, 1
  Second Circuit· 2005-08-16· cited 496×
• Chun Gao v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Second Circuit· 2005-09-09· cited 496×
• Vicente Osorio v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Amicus Curiae
  Second Circuit· 1994-03-07· cited 346×
• Carmen Gomez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 1991-10-28· cited 203×
• Tatiana Pavlova v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 2006-03-14· cited 173×
• United States v. Richard Copeland, Also Known as Jamal Owen
  Second Circuit· 2004-07-16· cited 117×
• V-T-S
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1997-07-01· cited 67×
• Hong Ying Gao v. Alberto Gonzales, 1
  Second Circuit· 2006-03-03· cited 56×
• Jose Godofredo Ucelo-Gomez and Ana Mariela Espana-Espinosa v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
  Second Circuit· 2006-09-28· cited 45×
• Shu Ling Ni and Zhen Fu Cheng v. Board of Immigration Appeals
  Second Circuit· 2006-02-13· cited 16×
• Kaiser Rafiq v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America
  Second Circuit· 2006-11-02· cited 7×

Other cases named Delgado v. Mukasey

12 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Second Circuit· 2008-02-07· cited 32×
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-10-08· cited 9×
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Second Circuit· 2007-11-28
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Second Circuit· 2008-02-07
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-10-07
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-04-17
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-12-15
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-12-15
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-11-27
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-12-10
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-03-12
• Delgado v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-05-02