Fourth Circuit· 11/25/2008

Zuh v. Mukasey

Citations

547 F.3d 504
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 26027
2008 WL 4983837

How courts have described this case

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

observing that “it seems untenable to require a sworn statement from a person ... potentially endangered by helping [the] applicant”
holding, in the context of the BIA exercising its discretion in denying asylum to an alien qualifying as a refugee, that “an IJ need not analyze or even list every factor”
immigration law violations should be considered in 48 “a totality of the circumstances inquiry” and should not be given “too much weight”
immigration law violations should be considered in 48 “a totality of the circumstances inquiry” and should not be given “too much weight”
“An IJ cannot have it both ways, finding an applicant and [her] documents incredible for one purpose and yet relying on them for another.”
immigration law violations should be considered in “a totality of the circumstances inquiry” and should not be given “too much weight”

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Judges: Motz, King, Duncan

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