United States Ninth Circuit

Immigration Judge's denial of an application for asylum and withholding of deportation, based on credibility determination arising from inconsistency between appellant's testimony and an airport interview, was unsupported by evidence where that interview was conducted through an unofficial translator who did not speak appellant's own language.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2002
• Published 06/10/2002

Judges

• Before RYMER, KLEINFELD, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Manpreet Singh Gahra, Law Office of Virender K. Goswami, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gretchen M. Wolfinger, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.