Velasquez-Otero v. Holder

Petition for certiorari denied on October 29, 2012

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
11-1321	11th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2012

Issue: Whether the Board of Immigration Appeals" unexplained addition of the social visibility requirement for asylum -- that those seeking asylum based on "membership in a particular social group" prove that their claimed groups are socially visible -- under 8 U.S.C. " 1101(a)(42)(A) is arbitrary or capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. " 706(2)(A), or unreasonable under Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Res. Def. Council.

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Petition of the day (Matthew Bush, June 16, 2012)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/01/2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2012)
05/30/2012	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 5, 2012.
06/04/2012	Brief amicus curiae of Kids in Need of Defense filed.
06/28/2012	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 15, 2012.
08/15/2012	Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General in opposition filed.
08/28/2012	Reply of petitioner Edwin Jose Velasquez-Otero filed.
10/03/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.
10/29/2012	Petition DENIED.

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