Legal Opinion
Mustafe Muse Jibril v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 19, 2005No. 08-17756PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether, under our case law, an immigration judge’s adverse credibility finding is supported by the alleged implausibilities and inconsistencies in an asylum applicant’s testimony and by his purportedly evasive and unresponsive demeanor while testifying.
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Mustafe Muse Jibril is a member of the Yibir, a disfavored minority clan without land or power in Somalia, who has applied for asylum in the United States. According to his application, his clan is “the lowest clan,” “scattered all over the country but ... in the minority everywhere,” they “hold no…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Abderrahman Chebchoub v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Gurmeet Singh Malhi, AKA Parpal Singh Malli Davinder Singh v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Satnam Singh-Kaur, AKA Hari Singh v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by134 opinions
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- Sahajeewa Rathnakumara Loku Kankanamge Don, Shiyamalie Amaratunga Achthi, Minul Thankula Kankanamge v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Ling Huang v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
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