Legal Opinion
Dao Lu Lin v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2006No. 04-70422PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
The question we consider in this asylum case is the nature of evidence required to support an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) adverse credibility finding based on documentary evidence. We reiterate the longstanding principle that such an adverse credibility finding must be supported by substantial evidence. The IJ’s speculation as to what an official document should look like, conjecture about the significance of the missing details in the document, and musings as to format of the document cannot be regarded as “reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence” required by…
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