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MASHILINGI v. GARLAND

No. 20-2169.

16 F.4th 971 (2021)

Jean Clement MASHILINGI, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 2, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas W. Armington , with whom Martha J. Koster , Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Elena Noureddine , and PAIR Project were on brief, for petitioner.

James A. Hurley , Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Stephen J. Flynn , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, SELYA, and BARRON, Circuit Judges.

It is common ground that "a judicial officer who sees and hears a witness has a superior coign of vantage in assessing that witness's credibility." Zaruma-Guaman v. Wilkinson, 988 F.3d 1, 6 (1st Cir. 2021). Given that superior coign of vantage, courts typically afford considerable...

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