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· 5/15/2013

Victor Tapia Madrigal v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Citations

  • 716 F.3d 499
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 12863
  • 2013 WL 1983882

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that CAT relief requires a showing of acquiescence to petitioner’s alleged torture by a public official
  • holding that the BIA erred by “focus[ing] only on the Mexican government’s willingness to control Los Zetas, not its ability to do so”
  • holding that “mistreatment motivated purely by personal retribution will not give rise to a valid asylum claim”
  • holding that “mistreatment motivated purely by personal retribution will not give rise to a valid asylum claim”
  • holding that the agency erred by focusing “only on the Mexican government’s willingness to control Los Zetas, not its ability to do so”
  • holding that the Board committed legal error by focusing solely on a government’s willingness, but not its ability, to control private persecution

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Judges: Fletcher, Fisher, Dearie

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