Opinion ID: 1442078
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Koulibaly's Testimony Regarding the Hospital Stay

Text: The BIA also relied upon Koulibaly's failure to mention in her initial asylum application that she was hospitalized after being detained and beaten. In addition, the BIA noted that the Assessment to Refer did not mention that Koulibaly was guarded during her hospitalization. However, the failure of an applicant to provide an exhaustive list of details in his original asylum application does not amount to an inconsistency warranting an adverse credibility finding, given that the circumstances surrounding the application process do not often lend themselves to a perfectly complete and comprehensive recitation of an applicant's claim to asylum or withholding. Hamida v. Gonzales, 478 F.3d 734, 739 (6th Cir.2007) (quoting Liti v. Gonzales, 411 F.3d 631, 638 (6th Cir.2005)). Moreover, the omission of facts in the Assessment to Refer is all the more suspect given its relative lack of reliability.