Seble Kebede v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting “the assumption that the timing of a victim’s disclosure of sexual assault is a bellwether of truth” (cleaned up)
• “A victim of sexual assault does not irredeemably compromise his or her credibility by failing to report the assault at the first opportunity.”
• “A victim of sexual assault does not irredeemably compromise his or her credibility by failing to report the assault at the first opportunity.”
• IJ must not ignore evidence that persecutors “linked their assault on [petitioner]” with a protected ground
• “A victim of sexual assault does not irredeemably compromise his or her credibility by failing to report the assault at the first opportunity” if she later provides a strong, unrebutted explanation
• rejecting the stereotype that delay in reporting rape undermines credibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).