Legal Opinion
Daniiar Santashbekov v. Loretta Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 2016No. 15-2359PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Daniiar Santashbekov petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his application for asylum. The immigration judge found that Santashbekov’s claims of political persecution were not credible, and the Board affirmed. We deny Santashbekov’s petition because substantial evidence supports the judge’s and Board’s credibility findings.
I: Factual and Procedural Background
In early 2013, Daniiar Santashbekov filed an application for asylum claiming that he faced persecution for his political activism as a member of the youth wing of the Ata…
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