Negusie v. Mukasey

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
07-499	5th Cir.	Nov 6, 2008	Mar 3, 2009	8-1	Kennedy	OT 2008

Issue: Whether the provision of the Immigration and Naturalization Act that prohibits the granting of asylum to individuals found to have themselves engaged in persecution applies to those who were compelled to do so by threats of deaths or torture.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy on March 3, 2009.

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Briefs and Documents

Merits briefs

Brief for Petitioner Daniel Girmai Negusie
Brief for Respondent Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General
Reply Brief for Petitioner Daniel Girmai Negusie

Amicus briefs

Brief for the American Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee in Support of Petitioner
Brief for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and 16 Religious and Religious Freedom Organizations in Support of Petitioner
Brief for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Support of Petitioner
Brief for Scholars of International Refugee Law in Support of Petitioner
Brief for Advocates for Human Rights in Support of Petitioner
Brief for Human Rights First, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Human Rights Watch, and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in Support of Petitioner

Certiorari-stage documents

Opinion below (5th Circuit)
Petition for certiorari
Brief in opposition
Petitioner's reply

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