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Matter of B-Y

7 Cited authorities

  1. Kungys v. United States

    485 U.S. 759 (1988)   Cited 702 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government must meet its burden with "clear, unequivocal, and convincing" evidence

  2. Biao Yang v. Gonzales

    496 F.3d 268 (2d Cir. 2007)   Cited 812 times
    Holding that an IJ may rely on lack of corroborative evidence when the petitioner's credibility "has already been called into question"

  3. Xian Tuan Ye v. Department of Homeland Security

    446 F.3d 289 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 388 times
    Holding that a "material inconsistency in an aspect of [applicant's] story that served as an example of the very persecution from which he sought asylum . . . afforded substantial evidence to support the adverse credibility finding"

  4. Ming Shi Xue v. Board of Immigration Appeals

    439 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 165 times
    Holding that petitioner must be given "opportunity to address and explain" inconsistencies that are "not so dramatic as to be self-evident"

  5. Ahir v. Mukasey

    527 F.3d 912 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 76 times
    Holding that inconsistencies between an alien's application and testimony and an inability to explain those inconsistencies establishes frivolousness by a preponderance of the evidence

  6. Ribas v. Mukasey

    545 F.3d 922 (10th Cir. 2008)   Cited 35 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding “that the written notice provided on the asylum form is sufficient” to meet the statutory requirement that an applicant be notified of “the consequences of filing a frivolous application”

  7. Chen v. Mukasey

    527 F.3d 935 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 17 times
    Finding that “withdrawal of an asylum application does not obviate the need for an IJ to determine whether a false application should be deemed frivolous”