El Moraghy v. Ashcroft

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that State Department reports “provide a context for assessing the credibility of a petitioner’s case . . . , depending on whether or not they corroborate the petitioner’s tale”
• explaining that a court “‘should not supplant the agency’s findings merely by identifying alternative findings that could be supported by substantial evidence’” (quoting Arkansas v. Oklahoma, 503 U.S. 91, 113 (1992))
• explaining that these reports are \relevant as to credibility\
• “The provision of reasons in the IJ’s opinion satisfies the requirement in SEC v. Chenery Corp., 332 U.S. 194, 196-97 (1946
• “It may be that the IJ believed [petitioner] not to be credible, which was the conclusion of the initial interviewing officer. If so, the IJ neither made such a finding, nor explained the basis in evidence for such a finding, both of which are basic errors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Saidou Dia v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Third Circuit· 2003-12-30· cited 938×
• Yu Sheng Zhang v. United States Department of Justice
  Second Circuit· 2004-03-24· cited 408×
• Elzour v. Ashcroft
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-08-17· cited 205×
• Nikijuluw v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2005-10-26· cited 148×
• Fidel Angel Hernandez-Barrera v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  First Circuit· 2004-06-09· cited 128×
• Wiransane v. Ashcroft
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-04-27· cited 119×
• Denada M. Bace v. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-12-18· cited 97×
• Yongo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 2004-01-14· cited 80×
• Wan Chien Kho v. Keisler
  First Circuit· 2007-10-16· cited 75×
• Settenda v. Ashcroft
  First Circuit· 2004-08-02· cited 64×
• Mukamusoni v. Ashcroft
  First Circuit· 2004-12-01· cited 53×
• Segran v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2007-11-27· cited 53×
• Qun Lin v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-03-26· cited 52×
• Tito Ibrahim Barsoum Ishak v. Alberto R. Gonzales , Attorney General, Tito Ibrahim Barsoum Ishak v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  First Circuit· 2005-09-06· cited 52×
• Un v. Ashcroft
  First Circuit· 2005-07-21· cited 50×
• Sok v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-05-22· cited 50×
• Rasiah v. Holder
  First Circuit· 2009-12-09· cited 49×
• Viktor Gjyzi v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General Carol Jenifer, District Director Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-10-13· cited 47×
• Kote Jishiashvili v. Attorney General of the United States
  Third Circuit· 2005-04-01· cited 45×
• Jupiter v. Ashcroft
  First Circuit· 2005-02-08· cited 44×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-22· cited 8,324×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-23· cited 3,981×
• Arkansas v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-26· cited 446×
• Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 1999-02-26· cited 242×
• Albathani v. INS
  First Circuit· 2003-02-12· cited 204×
• Tommy R. OSORIO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-11-06· cited 200×
• Valli Kandiah Ravindran v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 1992-09-30· cited 163×
• Gailius v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 1998-06-23· cited 130×
• Cordero-Trejo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 1994-11-23· cited 105×
• Guzman v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 2003-04-28· cited 92×
• Yatskin v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 2001-07-06· cited 64×
• Bing Feng Chen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 1996-06-20· cited 61×
• Herbert v. Ashcroft
  First Circuit· 2003-04-08· cited 53×
• Vasquez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 1999-05-26· cited 23×
• Ricardo F. Velasquez, Susana D. Granados-Urizar, Eluvia R. Granados-Urizar v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  First Circuit· 2002-12-30· cited 9×