Zeru v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Zeru was \advised by an IJ to obtain [specific corroborating] documents\ yet \was able neither to produce the [relevant] records nor to explain why she did not produce them\
• explaining that the IJ had directed Zeru at a prior hearing \to obtain news reports or other information to substantiate\ the testimony but that Zeru \neither produced the documents nor had an explanation for her failure to do so\
• “There is no presumption that an alien seeking refugee status is credible. Nor is there an assumption that if the IJ has not made an express finding of non-credibility, the alien’s testimony must be taken as credible.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).