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· 1/30/2014

Lyubov Slyusar v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Citations

  • 740 F.3d 1068
  • 2014 WL 321873
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 1843

How courts have described this case

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

  • acknowledging that the REAL ID Act reversed prior law that required an inconsistency reach the heart of the matter when making a credibility determination
  • explaining that “under the REAL ID Act, even ancillary inconsistencies in a petitioner’s testimony support adverse credibility determinations”
  • upholding an adverse credibility finding, in a case with no competency issues, based on inconsistencies between the applicant’s testimony and information she previously gave to the Department of Homeland Security
  • “An adverse credibility determination is fatal to claims for asylum and relief from removal, preventing such claims from being considered on their merits.”
  • “An adverse credibility determination is fatal to claims for asylum and relief from removal, preventing such claims from being considered on their merits.”
  • “An adverse credibility determination is fatal to claims for asylum and relief from removal, preventing such claims from being considered on their merits.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Gibbons, Guy, Keith

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