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· 1/19/2011

Lizama v. Holder

Citations

  • 629 F.3d 440
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 913
  • 2011 WL 149874

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that \deportees with criminal histories” returning to El Salvador from the United States are \too broad” to constitute a particular social group
  • holding that “deportees with criminal histories” returning to El Salvador from the United States are “too broad” to constitute a particular social group
  • holding that if neither the relevant statutes or associated regulations specifically define a term, courts defer to the “BIA’s reasonable interpretation of the term”
  • holding that “deportees with criminal histories” returning to El Salvador from the United States are “too broad” to constitute a particular social group
  • holding that petitioner not entitled to CAT relief because he “failed to establish he would be targeted by gangs more than any other citizens”
  • holding that an alien exhausted remedies by raising a claim in his notice of appeal to the BIA-even if he neglects to brief the issue-if the BIA has nonetheless addressed the issue in its decision

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Judges: Duncan, Agee, Davis

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