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Gaitan v. Holder

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 29, 2012.

Docket No.11-1525
Op. Below8th Cir.

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..

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jun 20, 2012
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2012)
Jul 12, 2012
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 22, 2012.
Aug 15, 2012
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including September 21, 2012.
Sep 21, 2012
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Oct 3, 2012
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.
Oct 3, 2012
Reply of petitioner Oscar Alexander Granados Gaitan filed. (Distributed)
Oct 29, 2012
Petition DENIED.

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