Ngengwe v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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

• 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

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).