Decision date: 2024-03-26

Holding that the IJ erred in finding that Petitioner's original asylum application was frivolous where the IJ failed to address Petitioner's amended asylum application, failed to address the materiality of any falsehoods in the original application, and failed to make a finding that such falsehoods were made deliberately.

Publication Status: Unpublished

Case judge: Agee, King, Richardson

Decision: Bountoulougou v. Garland, No. 19-1709, 2024 WL 1281334 (4th Cir. Mar. 26, 2024)