Patience Njowe Esaka v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

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• finding that in the absence of credible evidence of past torture, a general conditions report could not suffice to demonstrate that petitioner is more likely than not to suffer torture
• finding that in the absence of credible evidence of past torture, a general conditions report could not suffice to demonstrate that petitioner is more likely than not to suffer torture
• holding -8- that an immigration judge may “base a credibility determination on the lack of corroborating evidence if the judge also encounters inconsistencies in testimony, contradictory evidence, or inherently improbable testimony”
• explaining we review the denial of CAT relief to determine whether the evidence was so compelling a reasonable fact-finder must have found applicant entitled to relief
• attributing \much weight\ to an IJ's credibility determination because the IJ is in the best position to evaluate an alien's testimony
• attributing \much weight\ to an IJ's credibility determination because the IJ is in the best position to evaluate an alien's testimony

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