United States Ninth Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) did not err in denying petitioner asylum and related relief on adverse credibility grounds, where: 1) the BIA and the immigration judge may use the maxim "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus" (i.e. false in one thing, false in everything) to find that material inconsistencies in testimony regarding one claim support an adverse credibility determination on another claim in a pre-REAL ID Act case; 2) substantial evidence supported the BIA's determination that petitioner's testimony included material inconsistencies concerning her religious persecution claim; and 3) the BIA therefore properly discredited all of petitioner's testimony, including testimony concerning her family planning claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/31/2013
• Published 12/31/2013

Judges

• BEA

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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