The Ninth Circuit has determined that an Immigration Judge may not rely on an Asylum Officer’s credibility determination. “ The IJ may not rely on an asylum officer’s subjective conclusions about a petitioner’s demeanor or veracity at an earlier interview.”
The full text of Qiu v. Barr can be found here:
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/12/11/17-71338.pdf