DEHONZAI v. Holder

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
DEHONZAI v. Holder, 654 F.3d 121 (1st Cir. 2011)
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 16846; 2011 WL 3558113

DEHONZAI v. Holder

Dissenting Opinion

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge,

dissenting.

The appellant’s en banc petition raises concerns over our inconsistently applied standard of review of immigration courts’ credibility determinations. I share the appellant’s concerns, see Dehonzai v. Holder, 650 F.3d 1, 12-13 (1st Cir. 2011) (Thompson, J., dissenting), and think this would be an appropriate ease for the en banc court to inject clarity into a confused doctrine.

Opinion of the Court

ORDER OF COURT

Pursuant to First Circuit Internal Operating Procedure X(C), the petition for rehearing en banc has also been treated as a petition for rehearing before the original panel. The petition for rehearing having been denied by the panel of judges who decided the case, and the petition for rehearing en bane having been submitted to the active judges of this court and a majority of the judges not having voted that the case be heard en banc, it is ordered that the petition for rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc be denied.

Dissenting Opinion

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge,

dissenting.

Having read the panel opinion and the petition for rehearing, I am concerned that the Castañeda-Castillo standard for as*122sessing credibility determinations was not properly applied, as documented by Judge Thompson in her dissent. See CastanedarCastillo v. Gonzales, 488 F.3d 17, 22-23 (1st Cir. 2007). Moreover, I believe that clarifying our approach to such determinations is a matter worthy of en banc review. I therefore voted to grant en banc rehearing.

Reference

Full Case Name
Alphonse DEHONZAI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published