Singh v. Garland

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• holding that the record compelled the conclusion that the petitioner suffered serious harm rising to the level of persecution
• concluding that the petitioner’s testimony supported a past-persecution finding, where showing his family “experienced mistreatment from BJP” members who “harassed his father for being a Mann [P]arty member and harassed his family to discover [his] whereabouts”
• concluding that the petitioner’s testimony supported a past-persecution finding, where showing his family “experienced mistreatment from BJP” members who “harassed his father for being a Mann [P]arty member and harassed his family to discover [his] whereabouts”
• noting that the BJP, as one of “India’s major political parties,” opposes the Mann Party
• noting that the BJP, as one of “India’s major political parties,” opposes the Mann Party
• noting that “death threats alone can constitute persecution” (quoting Canales-Vargas v. Gonzales, 441 F.3d 739, 743 (9th Cir. 2006))

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Ninth Circuit· 2024-10-22· cited 20×
• Kumar v. Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-08-02· cited 6×
• Singh v. Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-10-04· cited 6×
• Lapadat v. Bondi
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-02-12· cited 5×
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  Ninth Circuit· 2025-07-31
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  Ninth Circuit· 2025-12-01
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• Singh v. Blanche
  Ninth Circuit· 2026-05-15

Cites

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

• Shrestha v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-01-05· cited 1,845×
• Najmabadi v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-03-09· cited 1,257×
• Kamla Prasad Meena Kumari Prasad Catherine Sandhya Prasad Micky Sudesh Prasad Ricky Sumit Prasad v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-02-01· cited 928×
• Navaratwam Kamalthas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-06-05· cited 786×
• Xiaoguang Gu v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-07-21· cited 582×
• Brijmati SINGH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-01-22· cited 561×
• Parussimova v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-01-26· cited 543×
• Carlos Bringas-Rodriguez v. Jefferson Sessions
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-03-08· cited 489×
• Arout Melkonian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-03-04· cited 368×
• In the Matter of Fritz Desir v. David N. Ilchert, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-05-26· cited 323×
• Alicia Naranjo Garcia v. Robert Wilkinson
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-02-18· cited 302×
• Ashok Chand Premila Mudaliar Chand v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-08-02· cited 273×
• Doris Rodriguez-Zuniga v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-06-07· cited 265×
• Ahmed v. Keisler
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-10-16· cited 253×
• Shweta Kohli v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-01-17· cited 207×
• Zakia Mashiri v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-11-02· cited 193×
• Damjan Knezevic and Danica Knezevic v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-05-24· cited 191×
• Narinder Singh v. Matthew Whitaker
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-01-24· cited 188×
• Bilal Hussain v. Jeffrey Rosen
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-01-11· cited 186×
• Rene Lopez Rodriguez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-06-27· cited 178×