De Oliveira Da Silva v. Bondi  ·  2025-08-18  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  pin 69 F.4th at 1012

“[O]bserving the absence of evidence is not a factual finding.”

Taracena-Turcios v. Bondi  ·  2025-07-16  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  pin 69 F.4th at 1012

“Absent some evidence that Rodriguez-Zuniga expressed a political opinion beyond merely her resistance to being robbed, the record does not require the conclusion the agency erred.”

La Rosa Paredes v. Bondi  ·  2025-04-07  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  pin 69 F.4th at 1012

“For both asylum and withholding claims, a petitioner must prove a causal nexus.”

Singh v. Garland  ·  2024-03-22  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  pin 69 F.4th at 1012

“If the IJ erred in applying some … rule, the BIA did not …. And to the extent the BIA and IJ part ways, we review the BIA’s findings for substantial evidence.”

Koonwaiyou v. Blinken  ·  2024-03-20  ·  W.D. Washington  ·  pin 69 F.4th at 1012

“Our 21 interpretation leads us to conclude that Koonwaiyou’s mother’s non-citizen national status 22 extends back to her birth and, as a result, that he qualifies for non-citizen national status too.”

Velasquez Ramos v. Garland  ·  2023-07-24  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  pin 69 F.4th at 1012

“Where the record indicates that the persecutor’s actual motivation for threatening a person is to extort money . . . [it] does not compel finding that the persecutor threatened the target because of a protected characteristic . . . .”