Legal Opinion
Chanthou Hem v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 24, 2008No. 07-1775PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners Chanthou Hem and Khieng Hay Mom, a wife and husband, are citizens of Cambodia who seek review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). 1 An Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found that their accounts of political persecution lacked credibility, and the BIA agreed that significant discrepancies in their stories undermined their claims. Our own review of the record persuades us that substantial evidence supports the IJ’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- A-SBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1998
- Bojorques-Villanueva v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Sulaiman v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Hoxha v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Heng v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Restrepo v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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