Legal Opinion
Evguenia Gontcharova and Ksenia Kidanova v. John D. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 29, 2004No. 03-1641PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The question in this asylum case is whether the immigration judge properly applied the “corroboration rule,” under which an asylum applicant may be required to present evidence corroborating her testimony even when that testimony is deemed credible. The test, as set forth by the Board of Immigration Appeals, hinges on whether it is “reasonable to expect” the applicant to produce particular pieces of evidence. Because we conclude that the rule was unreasonably applied in this case, we grant the petition for review.
The petitioners, Evguenia Gontcharova and her daughter…
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