Li v. Eric Holder, Jr.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, in the immigration context, the fact-finder may \disbelieve a witness’s entire testimony if the witness makes a material and conscious falsehood in one aspect of [her] testimony\ (emphases omitted)
• noting that “when and why [petitioner] applied for a passport are central to determining whether she suffered religious persecution”
• stating that inconsistencies about an applicant’s religious background “strike at the heart” of a religious persecution claim
• noting that “when and why [the petitioner] applied for a passport are central to determining whether she suffered religious persecution”
• finding that application of the maxim falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus is appropriate in evaluating witness testimony in immigration cases
• explaining that the IJ and BIA may “disbelieve a witness’s entire testimony if the witness makes a material and conscious falsehood in one aspect of his testimony”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Victor Paul v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
  Second Circuit· 2006-04-06· cited 3,481×
• Shrestha v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-01-05· cited 1,845×
• Felix Norbert Siewe v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Second Circuit· 2007-03-13· cited 994×
• Baljinder Singh SANGHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-01-09· cited 716×
• Jian Lian Guo v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Third Circuit· 2004-10-25· cited 644×
• Xiaoguang Gu v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-07-21· cited 582×
• Rajinder Singh v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-03-10· cited 523×
• United States v. Michael Johnson
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-07-20· cited 403×
• Mustafe Muse Jibril v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-09-19· cited 212×
• Samer Mansour v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-10-16· cited 206×
• Mercedes Vilorio-Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-10-03· cited 196×
• Singh v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-05-03· cited 135×
• Everth Aroldo Ceballos-Castillo, and Santos Pineda-Medrano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-06-01· cited 125×
• Rosalina Lopez-Umanzor v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-05-06· cited 109×
• Kadia v. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-09-07· cited 105×
• Nasser Mustapha Karouni v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-07· cited 104×
• Rakesh Maini Jasmail Mainivikram Maini Arjum Maini,petitioners v. Immigration and Naturalization Service,opinion
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-05-19· cited 81×
• Aster Worku Gebreeyesus v. Alberto R. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-04-06· cited 40×
• Lozano Enterprises v. National Labor Relations Board
  Ninth Circuit· 1964-03-24· cited 33×
• United States v. William D. Schimmel, A/K/A Billy D. Schimmel
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-09-26· cited 17×