Igor Bondarenko v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Igor Bondarenko petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Bondarenko claims that he was arrested and beaten by the Russian police, and later hit in the head so severely as to require hospitalization, because of his political activism against the war in Chechnya. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found Bondarenko not credible, largely based on an investigative report introduced by the government without prior…
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