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AKINMADE v. I.N.S.

No. 97-71227.

196 F.3d 951 (1999)

David Olusegun AKINMADE, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Redick, McKenna & Cuneo, San Diego, California, for the petitioner.

Francis W. Fraser, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: REINHARDT, WIGGINS, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

David Akinmade petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision denying his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. The BIA based its denial on an adverse credibility determination. That determination rests on insufficient and impermissible grounds. We deem the petitioner's testimony credible. We reverse the BIA's decision and remand so that the Attorney General may exercise her discretion under section...

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