TEKLE v. MUKASEY

No. 05-76841.

533 F.3d 1044 (2008)

Etagegn Haile TEKLE, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kate Bushman, Jones Day, New York, NY, for the petitioner.

Etagegn Haile Tekle, pro se, Las Vegas, NV.

Andrew B. Insenga, U.S. Department of Justice, OIL, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN, W. FLETCHER, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Etagegn Haile Tekle petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Because we find that the BIA's adverse credibility determination was not based on substantial evidence, we grant the petition and remand...

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