Denis Zelaya 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.

• concluding that particular social group of young Honduran males who refuse to join the gang not cognizable
• holding that resisting gang recruitment does not satisfy the requirements for a protectable social group
• recognizing that the petitioner’s proposed social group of young Honduran males who refuse to join MS-13 did not have the immutable characteristic of family bonds and denying petition for review with respect to asylum and withholding of removal claims
• holding “young Honduran males who refuse to join MS-13, have notified authorities of MS-13’s harassment tactics and have an identifiable MS-13 tormenter” lacked particularity
• noting that resisting gang recruitment is \an amorphous characteristic providing neither an adequate benchmark for determining group membership nor embodying a concrete trait that would readily identify a person as possessing such a characteristic\
• vacating denial of CAT claim where agency failed to consider evidence of collaboration between local police and gang

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• M-E-V-G
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2014-07-01· cited 1,009×
• W-G-R
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2014-07-01· cited 359×
• Elias Umana-Ramos v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Sixth Circuit· 2013-07-30· cited 131×
• Julio Martinez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-01-23· cited 112×
• Wildon Cordova v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-07-18· cited 81×
• Hernan Portillo-Flores v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-06-29· cited 66×
• Eduardo Rodriguez-Arias v. Matthew Whitaker
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-02-12· cited 62×
• Jose Cortez-Mendez v. Matthew Whitaker
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-01-07· cited 51×
• Sindy Alvarez Lagos v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-06-14· cited 50×
• Gurpreet Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-11-05· cited 41×
• Tumaini Temu v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-01-16· cited 41×
• Rosa Cabrera Vasquez v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-03-20· cited 28×
• Juan Amaya v. Jeffrey Rosen
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-01-25· cited 27×
• Walter Herrera-Martinez v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-01-05· cited 20×
• Noel Canales-Rivera v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-01-27· cited 17×
• Maria Amaya-De Sicaran v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-10-30· cited 17×
• Christian Santos Garcia v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-07-11· cited 12×
• Carlos Manuel Calles Quinteros v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 2013-03-01· cited 11×
• Zuowei Chen v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-07-06· cited 3×
• Hernan Flores v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-09-02· cited 1×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1943-02-01· cited 3,975×
• Djenaba Camara v. John Ashcroft, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-08-06· cited 497×
• MOGARRABI
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1987-07-01· cited 442×
• S-E-G
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2008-07-01· cited 271×
• Ramos-Lopez v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-04-16· cited 177×
• Gomis v. Holder
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-07-06· cited 162×
• Crespin-Valladares v. Holder
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-02-16· cited 145×
• Lizama v. Holder
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-01-19· cited 102×
• Tassi v. Holder
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-11-07· cited 88×
• Gatimi v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-08-20· cited 80×
• Scatambuli v. Holder
  First Circuit· 2009-02-25· cited 66×
• Nken v. Holder
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-10-30· cited 41×
• JIAN TAO LIN v. Holder
  Fourth Circuit· 2010-07-12· cited 27×
• Yi Ni v. Holder
  Fourth Circuit· 2010-07-13· cited 27×