Mitondo v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the Act permits the agency to “us[e] whatever combination of considerations seems best in the situation at hand” when assessing credibility
• establishing jurisdiction because “an order that is proper only if the alien is removable implies an order of removal”
• establishing jurisdiction because “an order that is proper only if the alien is removable implies an order of removal”
• construing the “final disposition of an asylum-only proceeding” in VWP case as the final order of removal
• “When documentary proof one way or the other is unavailable, the agency must use the details of an alien’s story to make an evaluation of its truth.”
• “When documentary proof one way or the other is unavailable, the agency must use the details of an al‐ ien’s story to make an evaluation of its truth.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).