United States Fourth Circuit

Denial of application for asylum and other relief is reversed where IJ did not provide specific and cogent reasons for discrediting testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/26/2006
• Published 04/26/2006

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Firooz T. Namei, Mckinney & Namei Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Petitioner.  Shelley Rene Goad, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.   ON BRIEF:  Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.