Legal Opinion
Ren v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2011No. 08-71315PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
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Yaogang Ren petitions for review of the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Because he filed his application after May 11, 2005, his case is governed by the credibility and corroboration standards set forth in the REAL ID Act. Applying those standards, we hold that the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) adverse credibility determination was impermissibly based on mischaracterizations of Ren’s testimony as well as inconsistencies that, considering the totality of the…
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