· 1/7/2011
Kante v. Holder
Citations
- 634 F.3d 321
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 2316
- 2011 WL 63594
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that a particular social group cannot be circularly defined by the fact that its members have been subject to harm
- applying the social-visibility criterion by asking whether society views that group as “specifically targeted for mistreatment”
- group composed of “women subjected to rape as a method of government control” was improperly defined by the very fact that it suffers persecution
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Judges: Merritt, Rogers, Kethledge
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