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· 11/28/2011

Garcia v. Attorney General of United States

Citations

  • 665 F.3d 496
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 23679
  • 2011 WL 5903780

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that a petitioner waived an issue that she “did not argue in her opening brief”
  • receiving a telephone call indicating \concern[ ] that [she] would report ... to the police\
  • “[Government] willingness [to protect] sheds no light on [its] ability to protect [the applicant].”
  • people who “assist[] law enforcement against violent gangs that threaten communities in Guatemala”
  • “When an issue is either not set forth in the statement of issues presented or not pursued in the argument section of the [opening] brief, the appellant has abandoned and waived that issue on appeal.” (quoting Nagle v. Alspach, 8 F.3d 141, 143 (3d Cir. 1993))
  • deeming arguments not raised in opening brief waived

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hardiman, Aldisert, Restani

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