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LIU v. HOLDER

No. 08-72849.

632 F.3d 1150 (2011)

Yan LIU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Argued and Submitted March 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick P.S. Whang , Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner.

Tony West , William C. Peachey and Jonathan Robbins (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and G. MURRAY SNOW, District Judge.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the distinction between an applicant for asylum whose testimony lacks credibility and one who has "deliberately fabricated" material aspects of her application, and focuses on the heightened protections that condition the latter finding. "[A]n asylum application is frivolous if any of its material elements is deliberately fabricated." 8 C.F.R. § 1208...

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