Court Opinion

ID: 9813728
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 23:17:47.219255+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:31:18.266010
License: Public Domain

O’MALLEY, District Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. I am unpersuaded that the State Department Country Report contains sufficient evidence of changed country conditions to overcome the presumption of future persecution which arises under 8 CFR § 1208.13(b)(1). While this conclusion could justify reversal of the Board’s decision, it appears that, in this case, the Board may not have scrutinized the Country Report with the level of care it normally employs. Accordingly, I would remand this matter to the Board for reconsideration in light of the Board’s 2003 decision in In re Harouna Diallo (B.I.A. Jan. 6, 2003).