United States Second Circuit

Denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture, is vacated where there were significant flaws in the IJ's finding that petitioner's testimony was not credible for lack of detail.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2007
• Published 01/30/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before OAKES, CALABRESI and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gui Yin Liu, Petitioner, pro se., C. Mario Russell, Mark R. Von Sternberg, Catholic Charities Community Services, Maame Agyeiwaah, Katie Brandes, Molly Thomas-Jensen, Student Attorneys, Catholic Charities Community Services, New York, NY, Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Garcia, David N. Kelley, United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York, James L. Cott, Meredith E. Kotler, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Respondent.