Jonaitiene v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that government informants fearing retaliation do not form social group
• explaining that, for purposes of refugee status, persecution “does not encompass purely private actions”
• explaining that allegation of police inaction raises no inference of government complicity if petitioner fails to show reason for inaction or that handling of case deviated from standard operating procedure
• explaining that allegation of police inaction raises No. 13‐1389 Page 7 no inference of government complicity if petitioner fails to show reason for inaction or that handling of case deviated from standard operating procedure
• “The social group . . . cannot be defined merely by the fact of persecution.” (emphasis added)
• “The social group . . . cannot be defined merely by the fact of persecution.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).