Kaba v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding an adverse credibility finding where the asylum application did not reference the type of testimonial assertions later made
• affirming an adverse credibility determination based on an embellishment in the petitioner’s written submissions that conflicted with later verbal testimony
• “[I]t follows from [petitioner’s] failure to establish eligibility for asylum that he also cannot satisfy the more onerous burden for withholding of removal.”
• dis tinguishing Liti because “an application should contain at least some indication of the type of assertions that will be made in support of a claim”
• “[T]he mere failure of a petitioner to include every detail ... in the application itself should not be considered fatal to a petitioner’s request for relief.”
• “‘[P]ersecution’ within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).