The Ninth Circuit has permitted the agency to rely on a prior adverse credibility determination premised on the applicant’s failure to establish his true identity when adjudicating a motion to reopen to pursue asylum. The court found that the issue of the applicant’s identity remained relevant to the new asylum evidence.
The full text of Greenwood v. Garland can be found here:
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2022/06/16/17-72389.pdf