United States Eighth Circuit

Dismissal of petition for asylum and relief under the Convention Against Torture is remanded where: 1) court does not know whether the Immigration Judge (IJ) would have reached the same conclusion without use of Wikipedia or whether Board of Immigrant Appeals (BIA) believes that the IJ's consideration of Wikipedia was harmless error; and 2) the BIA failed to adequately explain its conclusion that petitioner did not establish her identity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2008
• Published 08/29/2008

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• United States Eighth Circuit

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