Melhem v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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

• “[G]eneral reports that some members of a certain group are persecuted in a country do not establish that it is more likely than not that the applicant himself will suffer persecution upon his return.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Chhay v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-08-15· cited 66×
• El-Labaki v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-10-01· cited 21×
• Tandayu v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-03-27· cited 20×
• Khan v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-12-05· cited 20×
• Tawadrous v. Holder
  First Circuit· 2009-05-07· cited 19×
• Vallejo Piedrahita v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-04-28· cited 17×
• Limani v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-08-19· cited 14×
• Sela v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-03-13· cited 13×
• Khan v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-09-10· cited 12×
• Mam v. Holder
  First Circuit· 2009-05-22· cited 7×
• Ferdinandus v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2007-09-27· cited 6×
• Usman v. Holder
  First Circuit· 2009-05-22· cited 6×
• Phal v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-04-18· cited 4×
• Malonda v. Mukasey
  First Circuit· 2008-07-14· cited 3×
• Jean v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2006-09-25
• Reyna Alfaro-Zelaya v. Pamela Bondi
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-10-31

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Liteky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 7,016×
• Pan v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2007-06-07· cited 106×
• Sharari v. Ashcroft
  First Circuit· 2005-05-17· cited 59×
• Ouk v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2006-09-29· cited 41×
• Chahid Hayek v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2006-04-14· cited 22×
• Jean v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2006-08-31· cited 19×
• Awad v. Gonzales
  First Circuit· 2006-09-15· cited 13×
• Long v. Ashcroft
  First Circuit· 2005-09-06· cited 10×