Yose Rizal v. Alberto R. Gonzales, 1

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• holding that lack of doctrinal knowledge may undermine credibility when petitioner has testified to facts that support a conclusion that he should have such knowledge
• holding that when “an individual applicant’s account would render his lack of a certain degree of doctrinal knowledge suspect” that lack of knowledge “could . . . provide substantial evidence in support of an adverse credibility finding”
• explaining that the Court will 5 vacate BIA decisions “that result from flawed reasoning or the application of 6 improper legal standards”
• noting that persecution may “be found when the government, although not itself conducting the persecution, is unable or unwilling to control it”
• noting that private action constitutes persecution for purposes of asylum only when the government is unwilling or unable to control it
• recognizing that there are 10 circumstances when “the nature of an individual applicant’s 11 account would render his lack of a certain degree of doctrinal 12 knowledge suspect and could therefore provide substantial 13 evidence in support of an adverse credibility finding”

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