Jian Qiu Liu v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a beating may constitute persecution but does not “constitute[] persecution per se”
• noting that beatings, even in the context of detention, do not 4 “constitute[] persecution per se”
• upholding BIA’s conclusion that single altercation with family planning officials resulting only in minor bruising did not constitute past persecution
• upholding BIA’s conclusion that minor beating outside of detention with no permanent injuries did not constitute persecution
• noting 6 that beatings, even in the context of a detention on account of a protected ground, 7 do not “constitute[] persecution per se”
• upholding the agency’s 19 conclusion that a minor altercation with family planning 20 authorities did not rise to the level of persecution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).