Rizk v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that issues not raised in the opening brief are waived
• holding that the opportunity to explain may be provided through direct examination
• explaining that the IJ does not “have to engage in multiple iterations of the opportunity to explain”
• stating that issues not raised in the opening brief are considered waived
• “[T]he opportunity to explain may be provided through cross-examination by the government, or even direct examination by the [non-citizen’s] own attorney[.]” (citation omitted)
• “If the IJ reasonably rejects the alien’s explanation ... the IJ may properly rely on the inconsistency as support for an adverse credibility determination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).