Xun Li v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that police may be motivated by both “prosecutorial aims and religious hatred” in a pre-REAL ID case
• recognizing that police may be motivated by both “prosecutorial aims and religious hatred” in a pre-REAL ID case
• holding that absent a showing of “disproportionately severe punishment” or “pretextual prosecution,” criminal prosecution does not constitute persecution (citation omitted)
• holding that the reason underlying an adverse credibility determination 'must go to the heart of the asylum claim.'
• holding that an adverse credibility determination based on speculation and minor inconsistencies that did not go to heart of claim was not supported by substantial evidence
• reversing an adverse credibility determination that was based on an applicant’s testimony that economic opportunity was an additional reason for coming to the United States

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).