United States First Circuit

ALJ acted within his discretion in finding that inconsistencies between plaintiff's testimony of political persecution and his documented stay in Germany and application for asylum in that country undercut his credibility and warranted denial of his asylum claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/14/2004
• Published 01/14/2004

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey W. Goldman with whom Melissa A. Woodard and Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault were on brief for petitioner., Beth J. Werlin with whom Nadine K. Wettstein, Mary A. Kenney, American Immigration Law Foundation, Iris Gomez, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Harvey Kaplan and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, American Immigration Lawyers Association, New England Chapter, were on brief for American Immigration Law Foundation, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and American Immigration Lawyers Association, New England Chapter, Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret Perry, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Mary Jane Candaux, Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief for respondent.