Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Petition for review of an order denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where: 1) the agency's adverse credibility determination, based on material inconsistencies between plaintiff's asylum application and hearing testimony, is supported by substantial evidence; and 2) substantial evidence supports the agency's finding that plaintiff failed to show failed to show past political persecution, and failed to show a well-founded fear of future persecution.
Read Hassan v. Holder, No. 08-1535
Appellate Information
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Argued: February 18, 2009
Decided: July 2, 2009
Judges
Before ROVNER, EVANS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by TINDER, Circuit Judge.