Another unnoticed big case, this time about the meaning of “particular social group” in asylum law.

Sunday, July 21st, 2013

I last wrote about a case I thought would make a bigger splash than it did relating to voluntary departure. Today’s splashless big case is a case dealing with asylum, Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder, and in particular the term, “particular social group.” It is an en banc case in the Ninth Circuit published on February 13, 2013. By way of background, a person seeking asylum in the United States must show that he or she fears persecution in his or her…