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· 4/2/2007

Daniel Shahinaj v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America

Citations

  • 481 F.3d 1027
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 7549

How courts have described this case

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  • credibility finding not based on substantial evidence where it was based on IJ's \personal and improper\ opinion about how homosexuals would behave
  • adverse credibility determination based on “the IJ’s personal and improper opinion” that the applicant “did not dress or speak like or exhibit the mannerisms of a homosexual” was not supported by specific, cogent reasons

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Judges: Wollman, Riley, Shepherd

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