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· 1/18/2006

Alla Borovikova v. United States Department of Justice

Citations

  • 435 F.3d 151
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 1087
  • 2006 WL 120148

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  • holding that, when faced with competing documents (i.e., the consular report versus the petitioner’s rebuttal documents), the IJ could reasonably credit one over the other
  • concluding that the submission 17 of a fraudulent document in support of an asylum application may, alone, 18 constitute substantial evidence to support an adverse credibility determination
  • distinguishing what is arguably persuasive from what is compelling

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Judges: Oakes, Cabranes, Goldberg

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