United States Second Circuit

Petition for review of an order denying petitioner's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the CAT is denied where: 1) the IJ's adverse credibility determination, based on implausibility, was supported by substantial evidence; and 2) while explanations were available for features of petitioner's account that were found implausible, the overall implausibility of petitioner's account precluded any reasonable adjudicator from concluding that she testified credibly.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2008
• Published 06/10/2008

Judges

• DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, KEARSE and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lorance Hockert, New York, NY, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susan K. Houser, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Lisa M. Arnold, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Respondent.