Mitondo v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the Act permits the agency to “us[e] whatever combination of considerations seems best in the situation at hand” when assessing credibility
• establishing jurisdiction because “an order that is proper only if the alien is removable implies an order of removal”
• establishing jurisdiction because “an order that is proper only if the alien is removable implies an order of removal”
• construing the “final disposition of an asylum-only proceeding” in VWP case as the final order of removal
• “When documentary proof one way or the other is unavailable, the agency must use the details of an alien’s story to make an evaluation of its truth.”
• “When documentary proof one way or the other is unavailable, the agency must use the details of an al‐ ien’s story to make an evaluation of its truth.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wang v. Holder
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-06-02· cited 631×
• Krishnapillai v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-04-23· cited 102×
• Hassan v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-07-02· cited 50×
• Long-Gang Lin v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-12-23· cited 48×
• Gurpreet Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-11-05· cited 41×
• Tellabs Operations, Inc. v. Fujitsu Ltd.
  N.D. Illinois· 2012-05-01· cited 38×
• Ashish Sunuwar v. Attorney General United States
  Third Circuit· 2021-02-25· cited 35×
• Mariya Georgieva v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-05-06· cited 30×
• Cojocari v. Sessions
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-07-11· cited 28×
• Daniiar Santashbekov v. Loretta Lynch
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-08-24· cited 23×
• Restrepo v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-06-28· cited 16×
• Bao Tai Nian v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-06-28· cited 13×
• Xiu Qin Chen v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-06-10· cited 10×
• Singh v. Garland
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-12-17· cited 9×
• R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. v. Vanguard Transportation Systems, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-08-12· cited 7×
• Clemente-Giron v. Holder
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-02-10· cited 6×
• Tian v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-07-28· cited 1×
• Kramer v. American Bank & Trust Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 2013-11-05· cited 1×
• Sundar Krishnapillai v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-04-23
• Ahmed Hassan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-07-02