Tarraf v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that return travel to the country of persecution may be a factor weighing against an applicant’s credible fear of persecution
• holding that petitioner’s testimony that he was detained by Hezbollah guerillas and shot twice, if believed, did not compel a finding of past persecution
• holding that petitioner’s testimony that he was detained by Hezbollah guerillas and shot twice, if believed, did not compel a finding of past persecution
• recognizing that return travel to the country of persecution may be a factor weighing against an applicant’s credible fear of persecution
• upholding adverse credibility determination because of substantive inconsistencies between petitioner’s earlier statements and testimony at hearing
• adverse credibility finding upheld based upon testimonial discrepancies about one of only two events in which petitioner was targeted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Loho v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-08· cited 125×
• Kadia v. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-09-07· cited 105×
• Kone v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2010-02-25· cited 91×
• Borovsky v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-07-26· cited 86×
• Hassan v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-07-02· cited 50×
• Irasoc v. Mukasey
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-04-03· cited 50×
• Shi Chen v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-04-28· cited 29×
• Soumare v. Mukasey
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-05-08· cited 28×
• Cojocari v. Sessions
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-07-11· cited 28×
• Garcia v. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-08-31· cited 23×
• Chun Sui Yuan v. Loretta E. Lynch
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-06-28· cited 16×
• Aid v. Mukasey
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-08-01· cited 8×
• Al Amiri v. Rosen
  First Circuit· 2021-01-11· cited 4×
• Darwich v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-05-08· cited 1×
• Tangka v. Holder
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-03-26· cited 1×
• Kadia, Henry A. v. Mukasey, Michael B.
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-09-07
• Garcia, Fabio v. Keisler, Peter D.
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-08-31
• Irasoc, Simon P. v. Mukasey, Michael B.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-04-03
• Soumare, Oumar v. Mukasey, Michael B.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-05-08
• Aid, Achour v. Mukasey, Michael B.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-08-01

Cites

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

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-05· cited 1,666×
• Saleh Capric, Camila Capric, Albert Capric, and Elvis Capric v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, 1
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-01-23· cited 285×
• Noel LOPEZ-REYES, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-03-20· cited 277×
• Nabil Raja Dandan, Ketty Dandan, Souzi Dandan, A.K.A. Souzy Dandan, Sandra Dandan, and Raja Nabil Dandan v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-08-11· cited 229×
• Yetunde Balogun v. John D. Ashcroft
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-07-01· cited 174×
• Ferdinant Mema v. Alberto R. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-01-11· cited 114×
• Mei Dan Liu v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-08-17· cited 113×
• Selemawit F. Giday v. Alberto R. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-01-05· cited 99×
• Xia J. Lin v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-09-22· cited 96×
• Mamadou Diallo v. John D. Ashcroft
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-08-26· cited 94×
• Jeannette Uwase v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-11-21· cited 89×
• Rexhep Bejko v. Alberto R. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-11-13· cited 85×
• Abdelhadi Hor v. Alberto R. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-08-29· cited 81×
• Walentyna Korniejew v. John D. Ashcroft
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-06-14· cited 79×
• Gjergj Prela, Also Known as Grergi Prela v. John D. Ashcroft
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-01-07· cited 73×
• Vali and Dhurata Boci v. Alberto R. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-01-12· cited 70×
• Ivan Guchshenkov, and Kalin Dimitrov and Zdravka Dimitrova v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-04-29· cited 69×
• Nderim Feto, Matilda Feto, Endri Feto, and Luljeta Feto v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-01-04· cited 64×
• John Gomes, Jessie Gomes, Jonathan Gomes, and Keira Gomes v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-01-11· cited 64×
• Volodymyr Pavlyk, Natalia Pavlyk, and Iryna Pavlyk v. Alberto R. Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-12-07· cited 60×