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Fifth Circuit· 4/17/2006

Majd v. Gonzales

Citations

  • 446 F.3d 590
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 20761
  • 2006 WL 990740

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that an applicant cannot base her fear of persecution solely on general conditions of violence and civil unrest
  • concluding two brief detentions during which the petitioner was Martinez-Guevara v. Garland, 27 F.4th 353 361 n.9 (5th Cir. 2022
  • explaining that “failure to establish eligibility for asylum is dispositive of claims for withholding of removal”
  • noting that although we generally review only the decision of the BIA, we will review the IJ’s decision when “the BIA summarily affirms the IJ’s decision without opinion”
  • rejecting a CAT claim because “[m]ost of the suffering [the petitioner] described was inflicted without any specific intent”
  • “[F]ailure to establish eligibility for asylum is dispositive of claims for withholding of removal.”

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Judges: King, Smith, Benavides

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