Court Opinion

ID: 9813964
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 23:27:36.700774+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:32:57.270804
License: Public Domain

RYAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
Our “substantial evidence” standard of review does not permit us to disturb the IJ’s finding that the petitioners’ lack of credibility precludes their request for asylum and related relief. But, in my view, neither does it permit us to disturb the IJ’s conclusion that Gjelosh Vushaj’s application was frivolous. I would not have made that finding had I been the author*495ized fact finder, but I was not, and I cannot say, given the record before us, that the IJ’s finding was not supported by substantial evidence.
That said, I concur in the court’s judgment denying the petition for review.