Litvinov v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining an applicant who does not show past persecution must prove a well-founded fear of persecution that is both subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable
• affirming adverse credibility determination where the applicant’s testimony “did not match the . . . testimony of other witnesses”
• this court defers to IJ’s credibility determination where it is supported by specific, cogent reasons for disbelief
• asylum eligibility requirements; if asylum applicants do not establish past persecution, they must show fear of future persecution is both subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable
• petitioners provided unpersuasive justifications accounting for discrepancies between asylum application and testimony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Omondi v. Holder
  Eighth Circuit· 2012-03-15· cited 18×
• Mzenga Wanyama v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 2012-11-01· cited 12×
• Shaghil v. Holder
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-04-14· cited 10×
• Diego Tojin-Tiu v. Merrick Garland
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-05-12· cited 10×
• Amardeep Singh v. Loretta E. Lynch
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-10-14· cited 9×
• Ninoska Lopez-Amador v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-08-15· cited 8×
• E-F-H-L
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2018-07-01· cited 8×
• Vilma Arevalo-Cortez v. Loretta E. Lynch
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-07-22· cited 4×
• Moudjahed Ferchichi v. Pamela Bondi
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-02-14· cited 2×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-22· cited 8,324×
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-09· cited 4,149×
• Wolde Amanuel Feleke v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-07-01· cited 171×
• Davila-Mejia v. Mukasey
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-07-07· cited 89×
• Ngwando Zele Nyonzele v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-05-14· cited 84×
• Nuga Ivo Nyama v. John Ashcroft
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-02-06· cited 82×
• Teyent Loulou v. John Ashcroft
  Eighth Circuit· 2003-12-30· cited 77×
• A-S
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1998-07-01· cited 70×
• Malonga v. Mukasey
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-11-03· cited 69×
• S-B
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2006-07-01· cited 69×
• Sirene S. Zakirov v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-09-17· cited 33×
• Uli v. Mukasey
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-07-18· cited 27×
• Sow v. Mukasey
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-11-19· cited 27×
• Quomsieh v. Gonzales
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-03-15· cited 26×
• Manani v. Filip
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-01-28· cited 26×
• Ladyha v. Holder
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-11-24· cited 18×