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Gaitan v. Holder

Petition for certiorari denied on October 29, 2012

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
11-1525 8th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2012

Issue: Whether, for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, under which a non-citizen can qualify as a "refugee" (and therefore be eligible for asylum) if he is unwilling or unable to return to his country of origin "because of . . . a well-founded fear of persecution on account of . . . membership in a particular social group," the Board of Immigration Appeals' new definition of "particular social group" " which requires those seeking asylum to prove that their group possesses "social visibility" and "particularity" " is arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), or unreasonable under Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc..

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/20/2012Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2012)
07/12/2012Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 22, 2012.
08/15/2012Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including September 21, 2012.
09/21/2012Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
10/03/2012DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.
10/03/2012Reply of petitioner Oscar Alexander Granados Gaitan filed. (Distributed)
10/29/2012Petition DENIED.

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