Legal Opinion
Fernandes v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2010No. 07-72415PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Jacinto Pascoul Fernandes, an Indian citizen, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA’s or Board’s) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal on the ground that he filed a fraudulent asylum application and was not credible. We deny the petition for review.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Fernandes seeks asylum and withholding of removal based on alleged persecution for his Christian beliefs and for imputed political opinion. 1 Although Fernandes’s story varied throughout the immigration proceedings, he…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Alexandru Gui v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Santiago Pedro-Mateo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- David Olusegun Akinmade v. Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
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