Legal Opinion
Seble Kebede v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 3, 2004No. 02-73135PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Seble Kebede petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) final order denying her request for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because the BIA affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision as the final agency action. Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). The IJ erred in making an adverse credibility determination and in finding that Kebede failed to support her claim of past persecution with substantial evidence.
I. Background
Kebede, an Ethiopian citizen, comes from a…
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