COSA v. MUKASEY

No. 04-75643.

543 F.3d 1066 (2008)

Adriana COSA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jagdip Singh Sekhon, Oakland, CA, for the petitioner.

Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., and Judith Reed, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, for the respondent.

Before: M. MARGARET McKEOWN and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE P. SCHIAVELLI, District Judge.


McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This case highlights the importance of evidence rather than speculation and conjecture as the basis for an adverse credibility finding in immigration proceedings. Adriana Cosa's asylum petition was predicated on her claim of religious persecution in Romania as a consequence of practicing the Millenist faith. Millenism is neither a household word nor a major world religion. And therein lies the rub. The record is filled with the Immigration...

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