FERNANDES v. HOLDER

No. 07-72415.

619 F.3d 1069 (2010)

Jacinto Pascoul FERNANDES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniela R. Razawi , Law Office of Daniela R. Razawi, Lincoln, CA, for petitioner Jacinto Pascoul Fernandes.

Gregory G. Katsas , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Barry J. Pettinato , Assistant Director, and Terri Leon-Benner and Katharine E. Clark , Trial Attorneys, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Justice Department, Civil Division, for respondent Eric H. Holder Jr., United States Attorney General.

Before: WILLIAM A. FLETCHER and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and JAMES DALE TODD, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Jacinto Pascoul Fernandes, an Indian citizen, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA's or Board's) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal on the ground that he filed a fraudulent asylum application and was not credible. We deny the petition for review.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Fernandes seeks asylum and withholding of removal based on alleged...

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