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KOUROUMA v. HOLDER

No. 08-1864.

588 F.3d 234 (2009)

Fatoumata KOUROUMA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kamal M. Nawash, The Nawash Law Office, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Theodore Charles Hirt, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted and remand awarded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge SHEDD joined.

OPINION

GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

I.

Fatoumata Kourouma, a citizen of Guinea, appeals the denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). We hold that the BIA's decision denying Kourouma's asylum application on the basis of an adverse credibility finding was not supported by substantial evidence, and that Kourouma has established past persecution...

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