Yvette Akosung v. William Barr

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that asylum and withholding of removal are unavailable if a petitioner could avoid persecution by relocating internally
• explaining that asylum and withholding of removal are unavailable if the applicant could avoid persecution by relocating within the country and it would be reasonable to expect the applicant to do so
• explaining that the consideration of relocation in the CAT context differs from relocation in the asylum and withholding of removal contexts because, unlike asylum and withholding of removal, “[t]he CAT regulation does not bar relief if an applicant could relocate”
• reviewing the agency’s conclusion about the safety of relocation for substantial evidence
• asylum and withholding of removal are unavailable if a petitioner could avoid persecution by relocating internally
• “[W]e do not believe that an applicant can be said to have the ability to ‘relocate’ within her home country if she would have to remain in hiding there.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Josue Umana-Escobar v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-03-17· cited 343×
• Francisca Villegas Sanchez v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-03-11· cited 146×
• Maria Rodriguez-Tornes v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-04-05· cited 73×
• Chanpreet Kaur v. Robert Wilkinson
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-01-29· cited 70×
• Ravinder Kaur v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-06-21· cited 37×
• Uribe Andrade v. Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-03-01· cited 34×
• Peter Udo v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-05-04· cited 27×
• Shamsher Singh v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-01-12
• Josue Umana-Escobar v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-05-23

Cites

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

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-22· cited 8,324×
• M-E-V-G
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2014-07-01· cited 1,009×
• Navaratwam Kamalthas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-06-05· cited 786×
• Oscar Socop-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-12-05· cited 738×
• Takky Zubeda v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
  Third Circuit· 2003-06-23· cited 642×
• Ukashu Nuru, AKA Ukasha Nuru v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-04-21· cited 461×
• Cole v. Holder
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-09-22· cited 436×
• Jian Guo v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-03-23· cited 362×
• Francisco Ornelas-Chavez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-08-21· cited 229×
• Edin Avendano-Hernandez v. Loretta E. Lynch
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-09-03· cited 209×
• Moris Quiroz Parada v. Jefferson Sessions, III
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-08-29· cited 206×
• Delphine Arrey v. William Barr
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-02-26· cited 199×
• Lucero Xochihua-Jaimes v. William Barr
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-06-26· cited 194×
• Figueroa v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-09-10· cited 142×
• Bromfield v. Mukasey
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-09-15· cited 127×
• Felix Flores Rios v. Loretta E. Lynch
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-12-01· cited 115×
• Jagtar Singh v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-05-21· cited 93×
• Carlos Flores-Lopez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-07-09· cited 80×
• John Doe v. Attorney General United States
  Third Circuit· 2020-04-16· cited 52×