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· 10/21/2013

In re O'Bryan

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 498
  • 187 L. Ed. 2d 338
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 3235
  • 571 U.S. 972
  • 2013 WL 5410490
  • 2013 U.S. LEXIS 7733

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  • holding that weight of evidence is within 4 the agency’s discretion and deferring to agency’s decision to 5 afford little weight to spouse’s letter
  • holding that this 2 Court “generally defer[s] to the agency’s evaluation of the weight to be afforded 3 an applicant’s documentary evidence”
  • holding that agency has 4 discretion to determine weight of the evidence and upholding 5 agency’s rejection of letter from applicant’s spouse
  • holding that the weight of evidence is generally in agency’s discretion and deferring to agency’s decision to give limited weight to letter from applicant’s spouse in China
  • holding that the weight of the evidence is a 14 matter of agency discretion and deferring to agency’s 15 decision to afford little weight to spouse’s letter
  • holding that the weight 10 of evidence is generally in agency’s discretion and deferring 11 to agency’s decision to give limited weight to letter from 12 applicant’s spouse

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