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ZHAO v. MUKASEY

No. 07-75041.

540 F.3d 1027 (2008)

Shoufu ZHAO; Zhenying Duan, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Long, Esq., Monterey Park, CA, for the petitioners.

Gregory G. Katsas, Esq., Susan K. Houser, Esq., Timothy Bo Stanton, Esq., Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, ROGER J. MINER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, Shoufu Zhao and Zhenying Duan, petition for review of the BIA's denial of their asylum claims. Zhao and Duan are a married couple from the People's Republic of China and practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice banned by the Chinese government. We hold that the petitioners are eligible for asylum because the evidence, especially when viewed in light of our recent decisions in Zhou v. Gonzales,

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