Rahimzadeh v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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

• “demonstrating that a country’s laws or customs effectively deprive the petitioner of any meaningful recourse to governmental protection”
• determining that authorities are willing and able to 2 control private persecutors when the “law and judiciary provide effective means of addressing instances of abuse”
• concluding the record did not compel the finding that the petitioner would be harmed by forces the government was unwilling or unable to control
• noting that evidence that “the law and judiciary” do not provide effective means of addressing human rights abuses can establish governmental inability or unwillingness to provide protection
• discussing various means by which a petitioner may fill the “gap in proof’ left by the absence of a report to the police
• discussing various means by which a petitioner may fill the “gap in proof’ left by the absence of a report to the police

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carlos Bringas-Rodriguez v. Jefferson Sessions
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-03-08· cited 489×
• Emilia Velasquez-Gaspar v. William Barr
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-09-30· cited 176×
• Afriyie v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-26· cited 127×
• Chanpreet Kaur v. Robert Wilkinson
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-01-29· cited 70×
• Castro-Martinez v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-04-15· cited 50×
• J.R. v. William Barr
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-09-11· cited 37×
• Ruth Jeanette Orellana v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-05-23· cited 23×
• Hector Meza-Vazquez v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-04-01· cited 22×
• Meza Diaz v. Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-10-08· cited 17×
• Carlos Bringas-Rodriguez v. Loretta E. Lynch
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-11-19· cited 7×
• Castro-Martinez v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-12-05· cited 1×
• Adamu Sumaila v. Attorney General United States
  Third Circuit· 2020-03-31
• John Doe v. Attorney General United States
  Third Circuit· 2020-04-16
• Shverniks v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-02-15
• Guzman v. Lynch
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-04-26
• Meza Diaz v. Bondi
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-02-25

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-06-20· cited 674×
• Marjorie Konda Lolong v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-05-07· cited 531×
• Abrahim Baballah Ula Baballah Ahmad Baballah v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-05-06· cited 311×
• Maya Avetova-Elisseva v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-06-26· cited 288×
• Ashok Chand Premila Mudaliar Chand v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-08-02· cited 273×
• Ingrid Yamileth Castro Perez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-06-01· cited 264×
• Francisco Ornelas-Chavez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-08-21· cited 229×
• Damjan Knezevic and Danica Knezevic v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-05-24· cited 191×
• Andriasian v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-06-11· cited 184×
• Ranjit John Singh Chand Kumari, A/K/A Chand Kumari Singh Renika Singh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-09-06· cited 154×
• Afriyie v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-26· cited 127×
• Mark Stephen Gomes Sworna Jacinta Gomes Methew Gomes v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-12-06· cited 69×
• Renteria-Morales v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-12-12· cited 56×
• S-A
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2000-07-01· cited 54×