Authorities Cited: United States Code 8 U.S.C. § 1101(42)(A) 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B) 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(1)(A) 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A) Code of Federal Regulations 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(1)(i)(B) 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(3) 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(b)(1)(i) 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(b)(2) 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2) 8 C.F.R. § 208.4(a)(5)(i) 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4) Supreme Court 480 U.S. 421, 440 537 U.S. 12, 16-17 Circuit Courts 18 F.3d 1017, 1028-1029 119 F.3d 1055, 1065 138 F.3d 14, 17-18 175 F.3d 732, 735-736 212 F.3d 1338, 1355 257 F.3d 1262, 1283-1289 278 F.3d 1216, 1218 283 F.3d 664, 667 327 F.3d 1283, 1287 369 F.3d 1239, 1242-1243 386 F.3d 1022, 1027 388 F.3d 629, 636 392 F.3d 434, 438 392 F.3d 1259, 1265 393 F.3d 858, 860 401 F.3d 13 416 F.3d 567, 570 427 F.3d 954, 957 434 F.3d 1220, 1223-1226 445 F.3d 1311, 1315 446 F.3d 1369, 1375-1377 448 F.3d 1229, 1236-1238 450 F.3d 142, 148 451 F.3d 1287, 1290 463 F.3d 1228, 1231 467 F.3d 1292, 1297 479 F.3d 762, 765-767 487 F.3d 815, 821