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· 12/13/2012

Kyna La v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Citations

  • 701 F.3d 566
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 25465
  • 2012 WL 6197613

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “threats that are exaggerated, nonspecific, or lacking in immediacy” are insufficient to constitute persecution (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • “Threats alone ‘constitute persecution in only a small category of cases . . . .’” (citation omitted)
  • a well-founded fear of future persecution is both subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable

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Judges: Loken, Smith, Benton

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