United States Ninth Circuit

A petition for review of the denial of asylum and related relief in a case in which the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied relief on adverse credibility, is denied, where: 1) the immigration judge acted within his discretion when he admitted into evidence a letter prepared by the Director of Department of State's Office of Country Reports and Asylum Affairs in Bulgaria, and relied on it to find that the police subpoenas petitioner submitted were fraudulent; 2) the IJ's admission of the letter did not violate petitioner’s right to examine evidence or cross-examine witnesses against him; 3) admission of the letter did not violate due process; 4) the IJ's adverse credibility finding based on the fraudulent subpoenas was supported by substantial evidence; and 5) petitioner failed to present other reliable evidence to meet his burden of proof.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2013
• Published 12/04/2013

Judges

• KOZINSKI

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel