Carlos Jose Gutierrez-Mayorga v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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37 F.3d 1505·1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 36403
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 5, 199493-70629California522 words

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37 F.3d 1505 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Carlos Jose GUTIERREZ-MAYORGA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70629. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 3, 1994. * Decided Oct. 5, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, O'SCANNLAIN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Gutierrez-Mayorga claims that the BIA's holding, that his evidence lacked credibility, was not supported by substantial evidence. Our review is limited to whether substantial evidence on the whole record supported this credibility determination. Baxter v. Sullivan, 923 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir.1991). It did. The State Department said that the Order of Capture looked fake, and that the Ministry of Justice document also did not look right. Regardless of whether all the other cavils regarding Gutierrez-Mayorga's evidence were well-founded, this was substantial evidence that he had attempted to make his case by submitting false…

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