Abubakarr Fofanah v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when withholding of removal and CAT claims are based on same discredited testimony as an asylum claim, an adverse credibility finding is fatal to all three claims
• noting that adverse credibility finding was fatal to asylum, withholding, and CAT claims since they were all “based upon the same discredited testimony”
• noting that adverse credibility finding was fatal to asylum, withholding-of-removal, and CAT claims because they were all “based upon the same discredited testimony”
• “Only the BIA order is subject to our review, including the IJ’s findings and reasoning to the extent they were expressly adopted by the BIA.”
• “Because the BIA did not consider the IJ’s alternative grounds for denying relief, those are not properly before us.”

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