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SINGH v. LYNCH

No. 08-74212.

802 F.3d 972 (2015)

Pavittar SINGH, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 21, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica Ganjoo , Ganjoo Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, filed the brief for petitioner.

Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, filed the brief for the respondent. With him on the brief were Stephen J. Flynn , Assistant Director, and Janette L. Allen , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, and DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

We must decide, in this asylum case under the REAL ID Act, whether an Immigration Judge's adverse credibility determination may be supported exclusively by background evidence in the record.

I

Pavittar Singh, a native and citizen of India, entered the United States on or about January...

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