Diana De Los Angeles Salazar v. Andre Ramon Blanco

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “identical phrases or words” is a “telltale sign[] of a canned or plagiarized affidavit”
• faulting the IJ for not relying on similarities in “narrative structure”
• faulting the IJ for relying “solely” on “non-unique” factual similarities
• “[T]he court is not limited to the particular legal theories advanced by the parties, [and] retains the independent power to identify and apply the proper construction of governing law.” (quoting Kamen v. Kemper Fin. Servs., Inc., 500 U.S. 90, 99 (1991))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).