United States Tenth Circuit

An order of removal affirming a denial of an application for asylum, withholding of removal and related relief is reversed where the decision to deny petitioner's requested relief was not supported by substantial evidence as petitioner presented proof of his Mauritanian citizenship through both documentary and testimonial evidence, and the BIA upheld an adverse credibility finding based on inconsistencies which were minor, at most.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2007
• Published 01/23/2007

Judges

• McCONNELL, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO, McCONNELL, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon A. Healey, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Irene M. Solet (Michael J. Singer and Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorneys General, with her on the brief), Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.