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OSORIO v. I.N.S.

No. 95-70764.

99 F.3d 928 (1996)

Tommy R. OSORIO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Xavier J. Vega, Los Angeles, California (on the brief) and Simon Salinas, Santa Ana, California (argued), for petitioner.

Jeffrey J. Bernstein (on the brief) and Linda Wernery (argued), Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before PREGERSON, BOOCHEVER, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Tommy Osorio, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions this court for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board") denying his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. We conclude that neither the Board nor the immigration judge gave specific and cogent reasons for their finding that Osorio was not a credible witness. We also conclude that both the Board and the immigration judge erred as a...

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