AI JUN ZHI v. HOLDER

No. 10-71591.

751 F.3d 1088 (2014)

AI JUN ZHI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted September 16, 2013.

Filed May 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jisheng Li (argued), Honolulu, HI, for Petitioner.

Ethan B. Kanter (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Tony West , Assistant Attorney General; Richard M. Evans , Assistant Director; Andrew Jacob Oliveira , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Ai Jun Zhi, a Chinese citizen, petitions for review of the denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. As we explain below, one of the bases for the immigration judge's ("IJ") adverse credibility determination is not supported by substantial evidence and another must be set aside and remanded as a result of legal error. The IJ also failed to provide Zhi with proper notice and a reasonable opportunity...

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