Authorities Cited: United States Code 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) 8 U.S.C. § 1158(1)(B)(i) Code of Federal Regulations 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2) 8 C.F.R. § 1208.3(b) Circuit Courts 310 F.3d 594, 597 411 F.3d 977 433 F.3d 1072, 1076 434 F.3d 1074, 1080 459 F.3d 255, 270 479 F.3d 602, 606 508 F.3d 451, 454 509 F.3d 890, 899 515 F.3d 872, 879-882 521 F.3d 922, 926-927 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2)