asylum-application
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5 | Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Al Otro Lado, a California Corporation, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-07-01 | Granted | Amici (16)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | asylum-application border-entry immigration-law immigration-officer statutory-interpretation u.s.-mexico-border | The Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., provides that an alien who "arrives in the United States" may apply for asylum and must be… |
| 21-6461 | Andreea Dumitru, aka Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-11-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1028a aggravated-identity-theft asylum asylum-application circuit-split criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft lawful-authority lenity statutory-interpretation statutory-purpose | The aggravated identity theft statute imposes a mandatory consecutive sentence of minimum two years for "[w]hoever, during and in relation to any felo… |
| 19-1155 | Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Ming Dai | Ninth Circuit | 2020-03-20 | Judgment Issued | Amici (1) | asylum-application board-of-immigration-appeals court-of-appeals credibility-determination immigration-judge immigration-law ins-v-ventura judicial-review remand-rule removal-proceedings ventura | 1. Whether a court of appeals may conclusively presume that an asylum applicant's testimony is credible and true whenever an immigration judge or the … |
| 19-5005 | Ahmadou Sankara v. William P. Barr, Attorney General | Second Circuit | 2019-06-28 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | administrative-review asylum-application burden-of-proof cardoza-fonseca country-conditions immigration-law persecution political-persecution reasonable-possibility well-founded-fear | In order to establish a "well-founded fear" of persecution, an asylum applicant need only show a reasonable possibility that she or he will be persecu… |