Jeannette Uwase v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Jeannette Uwase seeks review of a removal order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Uwase’s asylum application, petition for withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture Act. Because the IJ’s adverse credi bility determinations were not based on substantial evidence and because the IJ gave undue weight to Uwase’s alleged lack of corroborating evidence, we vacate the removal order and remand Uwase’s case for rehearing.

I. History

Uwase, a native of Rwanda, was…