Mashilingi v. Garland’s Empirical Analysis
2021
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Yongo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Jianli Chen v. Holder · Chhay v. Mukasey · Amouri v. Holder · Rivas-Mira v. Holder
Most-quoted passages
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“[a]s long as the agency's credibility determination is 'supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole,' we must accept it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if the record is such as to compel a reasonable factfinder to reach a contrary determination.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hen the facts give rise to competing inferences, each of which is plausible, the IJ's choice between those competing inferences cannot be found to be unsupported by substantial evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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