Zheng v. Holder

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

SCOTT M. MATHESON, JR., Circuit Judge.

Na Zheng and Jin De Pan petition for review of a final removal order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Exercising jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a), we grant the petition because the BIA’s credibility determination was not adequately founded on cogent and substantially reasonable bases and because the BIA did not consider the documentary evidence in deciding whether petitioners met their burden of proof.

I. BACKGROUND

Ms. Zheng and Mr. Pan are natives and citizens of China. Both illegally entered the United States — Mr.…