Eighth Circuit· 9/18/2008

Ngengwe v. Mukasey

Citations

543 F.3d 1029
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 19758
2008 WL 4277393

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concluding that the Board erred in determining that Cameroonian widows was not a particular social group where the record established pervasive discrimination against women who survive their husband
reviewing the BIA’s finding that the petitioner’s proposed social group did not constitute a “particular social group” de novo
engaging in de novo review of whether female Cameroonian widows are a particular social group
“[t]he IJ did not consider . . . that [the petitioner’s] in-laws confiscated all of her property, and threatened to take her children”
remanding a case to the BIA under substantial evidence review
describing the “higher standard” for withholding-of-removal claims

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Judges: Melloy, Arnold, Benton

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