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· 5/19/2000

Rakesh Maini Jasmail Mainivikram Maini Arjum Maini,petitioners v. Immigration and Naturalization Service,opinion

Citations

  • 212 F.3d 1167
  • 2000 Daily Journal DAR 5254
  • 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3911
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 11042
  • 2000 WL 640352

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “personal conjecture and speculation . . . is no substitute for substantial evidence” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • concluding that physical attacks constituted persecution
  • “Accordingly, we hold that the Mainis are ‘statutorily eligible for asylum.’ ”
  • “We have said it before and we say it again: conjecture and speculation can never replace substantial evidence.”
  • 'We have said it before and we say it again: conjecture and speculation can never replace substantial evidence.'
  • “We have said it before and we say it again: conjecture and speculation can never replace substantial evidence.”

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Judges: Ferguson, Pregerson, Wardlaw

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