Zi Lin Chen v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

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• holding that “the IJ erred by failing to consider” an explanation offered by the petitioner for her brother’s failure to appear and testify on her behalf
• noting that an adverse credibility determination must be based on a “specific, cogent reason for any stated disbelief”
• noting that asylum applicant should be afforded \a reasonable opportunity to explain what the IJ perceived as an inconsistency in her testimony\
• noting that the Ninth Circuit has recognized only two such “rare” exceptions
• holding that, when the petitioner had been “denied a reasonable opportunity to explain what the IJ perceived as an inconsis- tency in her testimony,” the “IJ’s doubt about the veracity of her story [could not] serve as a basis for the denial of asy- lum”
• holding adverse credibility determinations are reversed only if the evidence compels a contrary conclusion

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