· 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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