Legal Opinion
Varsha Tushar Shah Forum T. Shah Kunal T. Shah v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2000No. 98-70845PublishedCited by 355 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Yarsha Tushar Shah and her two children, Kunal and Forum, natives of India, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision dismissing their appeal from the denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. Both the BIA and the Immigration Judge (IJ) based their denial of the Shahs’ application on an adverse credibility finding. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a (1996). 1 We conclude that the adverse credibility determination rests on impermissible grounds. We deem the petitioners credible, and remand to the…
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