United States First Circuit

Denial of asylum is affirmed where: 1) inconsistencies in the petitioner's statements went to the heart of his asylum claim; 2) the discrepancies bore a legitimate nexus to the adverse credibility finding; 3) the court considered other measures of credibility; and 4) there were no convincing explanations of the discrepancies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2006
• Published 05/03/2006

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and DiCLERICO, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel F. Cashman, with whom Cashman & Lovely, P.C., and Susanna L. Shafer were on brief, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• H.S. García, United States Attorney, with whom Nelson Pérez-Sosa and Scott Anderson, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for respondent.