Yan v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “a finding of inherent implausibility must be based on more than bald speculation or caprice” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• recognizing that an IJ may rely on inherently implausible testimony particularly if the finding is “tethered to record evidence”
• recognizing that adverse credibility determination may be based on inherent implausibility in applicant’s story if “finding is tethered to record evidence” or based on common sense
• recognizing that an adverse credibility determination may be based on the inherent implausibility in an applicant’s story when the implausibility finding was “tethered to record evidence”
• recognizing that an adverse credibility determination may be based on inherent implausibility in the applicant’s story so long as the implausibility “finding is tethered to record evidence”
• recognizing that adverse credibility determination may be based on inherent implausibility in applicant’s story if the “finding is tethered to record evidence” or based on common sense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).