Finjan, Inc. v. Office

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• holding that agency must 18 consider context in determining whether harm rises to the 19 level of persecution
• holding that even minor mistreatment “can take on an entirely different character when officially inflicted on an individual while detained on account of protected grounds”
• concluding that “[wjith regard to the threat of detention, the threat itself, is not past persecution”
• noting that “the term [persecution] includes ‘more than threats to life or freedom’ because ‘non-life[-]threatening violence and physical abuse also fall within this category’ ”
• clarifying that a valid past persecution claim could be based on harm other than threats to life or freedom, including non-life-threatening violence and physical abuse
• clarifying that a valid past persecution claim can be based on harm other than threats to life or freedom, including non-life-threatening violence and physical abuse

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