Abdurakhmanov v. Holder, No. 10-4263 (6th Cir. 2012)
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During 1998, while living in Tashkent, petitioner graduated from medical school, married, and had a son. He is of the Dungan ethnicity, a group he says is readily distinguishable from ethnic Uzbekis. He claims that they faced substantial persecution due to their ethnicity. He was arrested at least once and held for three days, during which he was beaten with batons. He claims that his wife died as the result of a police beating. He entered the U.S. on a nonimmigrant visa in 2001. His petition for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture, was denied, based on an adverse credibility determination and a lack of corroborating evidence. The Sixth Circuit denied review, while acknowledging that the agency decision suffers from a number of errors regarding its findings on credibility and corroborating evidence. The court found that one critical credibility finding was supported by substantial evidence.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on March 1, 2012.
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