John Doe v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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• holding that government inability or unwillingness to control persecutors is not demonstrated where petitioner could not provide specific information to permit police investigation or arrest
• recognizing that unwillingness is not established “where the asylum applicant failed to provide the police with sufficiently specific information to permit an investigation or an arrest”
• holding that “where the asylum applicant failed to provide the police with sufficiently specific information to permit an investigation or an arrest,” the police’s inability to solve a crime does not show government inability or unwillingness to control persecutors
• noting that we have declined to find government acquiescence because of police inability to solve a crime
• explaining that the failure to apprehend unidentified suspects does not establish police are unable or unwilling to control persecutors
• holding reversal is warranted under substantial evidence review only if the evidence compels a contrary result

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