United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's application for asylum and withholding of deportation is affirmed where she did not meet the burden of proof necessary for granting asylum since she did not support her testimony with documentation or an explanation for its absence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2004
• Decided 02/08/2005
• Published 02/08/2005

Judges

• SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge., Before SUHRHEINRICH and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges;  and McKEAGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Scott E. Bratton, Margaret Wong & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for Petitioner.  Paul Fiorino, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents.   ON BRIEF:  Scott E. Bratton, Margaret Wong & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for Petitioner.  Timothy P. McIlmail, Jeffrey J. Bernstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents.