Singh v. Garland

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How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “identical phrases or words” is a “telltale sign[] of a canned or plagiarized affidavit”
• faulting the IJ for not relying on similarities in “narrative structure”
• faulting the IJ for relying “solely” on “non-unique” factual similarities
• “[T]he court is not limited to the particular legal theories advanced by the parties, [and] retains the independent power to identify and apply the proper construction of governing law.” (quoting Kamen v. Kemper Fin. Servs., Inc., 500 U.S. 90, 99 (1991))

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Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Singh v. Bondi
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-03-17· cited 16×
• United States v. Leopoldo Rivera-Valdes
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-09-18
• Singh v. Blanche
  Ninth Circuit· 2026-05-15

Cites

49 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-22· cited 8,324×
• Fuentes v. Shevin
  Supreme Court· 1972-10-10· cited 3,921×
• Samuel Martinez-Serrano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-08-30· cited 2,302×
• Shrestha v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-01-05· cited 1,845×
• Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-20· cited 1,291×
• Gil Ilano Colmenar,petitioner v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-04-14· cited 1,006×
• Ashley Hunt Greenwood v. Federal Aviation Administration
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-06-28· cited 961×
• Yee v. City of Escondido
  Supreme Court· 1992-04-01· cited 953×
• Elder v. Holloway
  Supreme Court· 1994-02-23· cited 787×
• Raul Barajas-Romero v. Loretta E. Lynch
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-01-18· cited 749×
• Keenan v. Allan
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-08-01· cited 731×
• Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1995-02-21· cited 483×
• Varsha Tushar Shah Forum T. Shah Kunal T. Shah v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-08-15· cited 417×
• Arout Melkonian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-03-04· cited 368×
• Rita Carrion Garcia v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-04-16· cited 364×
• Mihaly Kotasz, Agnes Horvath Kotasz, Matyas Kotasz, and Erika Kotasz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-08-01· cited 334×
• Alicia Naranjo Garcia v. Robert Wilkinson
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-02-18· cited 302×
• Rivera v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-12-07· cited 271×
• Ramiro Cruz Espinoza v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-04-07· cited 265×
• Mei Chai Ye v. United States Department of Justice
  Second Circuit· 2007-06-06· cited 250×