Ragan v. Passero Associates, P.C.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that identifiable shared ties of kinship warrant characterization as a social 365 Interim Decision #3278 group
• explaining that BIA case law recognizes that an applicant’s “age, health, or family ties, should also be considered in the exercise of discretion”
• reaffirming that “the danger of persecution should generally outweigh all but the most egregious of adverse factors.”
• noting that family lineage and membership may be readily discernible by others because of particular characteristics, such as language
• accepting “clan membership” as a particular social group because it was “inextricably linked to family ties”
• recognizing a Somali subclan as a “particular social group”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).