Legal Opinion
Olufemi Yussef Abdulai v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 2001No. 00-3111PublishedCited by 656 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
Olufemi Yussef Abdulai, a Nigerian national, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) ordering him removed to his home country. His petition presents the important question whether the BIA may, consistent with existing law, sometimes require otherwise-credible applicants for asylum or withholding of removal to present evidence corroborating their stories in orderTo meet their burden of proof. Ab-dulai contends that it may not, but we conclude that it may.
We begin by clarifying that, absent special…
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