El Moraghy v. Ashcroft

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that State Department reports “provide a context for assessing the credibility of a petitioner’s case . . . , depending on whether or not they corroborate the petitioner’s tale”
• explaining that a court “‘should not supplant the agency’s findings merely by identifying alternative findings that could be supported by substantial evidence’” (quoting Arkansas v. Oklahoma, 503 U.S. 91, 113 (1992))
• explaining that these reports are \relevant as to credibility\
• “The provision of reasons in the IJ’s opinion satisfies the requirement in SEC v. Chenery Corp., 332 U.S. 194, 196-97 (1946
• “It may be that the IJ believed [petitioner] not to be credible, which was the conclusion of the initial interviewing officer. If so, the IJ neither made such a finding, nor explained the basis in evidence for such a finding, both of which are basic errors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).