· 8/26/2003
Sherneth Marcia Raffington v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Citations
- 340 F.3d 720
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 17745
- 2003 WL 22004836
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “mentally ill female Jamaicans” are “too large and diverse a group to qualify” as a particular social group
- explaining that reports that “Jamaica devotes limited resources to treating those who are mentally ill” does not establish persecution
- explaining that a particular social group cannot be “too large [or] too diverse”
- explaining that a particular social group cannot be “too large [or] too diverse”
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Judges: Hansen, Gibson, Loken
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