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NS , 220 F . 3d 1092, 95- 96 ( 9th C i r . 2000) . T he agencyac kn ow l edged W al i a w as a vi ct i m of pastpers ec ut i on . S ub st ant i al evi dence s up po rt s the agency’ s c on cl usi on s that , gi ven W al i a’ s part i cul ar ci rc um st ance s, fund am ent alchanges i n Ind i a r ebutt ed the pres um pt i on thathe had aw e ll- f o u n d e df e a ro f f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n if

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je c t to p e r s e c u tio n o n a c c o u n t o f p o litic a l o p in io n in G u at em al a, . . . su b st an t i al ev i d en ce su p p o rt s th e B o ardo f Im m i g rat i o n A p p eal s’ ( B I A ) de c i s i on t o de nya s y l um t o pe t i t i one r s , w ho w e r e ne ve rpa rtyl e a de r s nor hi gh -l evelpo l i t i ci ans. ” ( footno t e om i tt ed)) . B e c au s e W a liaf

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ol l ow s thathe fa i l ed t o est abl i sh a c l ear probabi l i ty of f uture08- 71280 3 p e r s e c u tio n . See G on zalez -H erna ndez , 3 3 6 F . 3 da t1 0 0 1 n . 5 . Ac c o r d i n g l y , we d e n yth e p e t i t i o n a s t o h i s w i th h o l d i n g o f r e mo v a l c l a i m. W a liaf a ile dto r a is e a n ya r g u m e n t c h a lle n g in g th e a g e n c y ’s d e n ia l o f h is C A T c la im in h is b r ie f

in g to th is c o u rt. See H usye v v . Mukasey , 528 F . 3d 1172, 11 83 (9th C i r. 20 08 ) ( C A T cl ai m w as w ai ved w here pet i t i on erfa i l ed t o adv ance arg u m en ti n sup p o rto f i t ). A cco rd i n g l y, W al i a’ s C A T cl ai m fai l s. H ow ever , w i th res pectt o W al i a’ s hum ani t ar i an as ylum cl ai m , the B IA erre d b yf a ilin g to a d d r e s s it. See Sag ayda k v . G on zales , 40 5 F . 3d 10 35 , 10 40 (9th C i r. 20 05 ); se e al

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S v. V en tu ra , 5 3 7 U . S. 12 , 16 -18 (20 02 ) ( per c uri am ); 8 C . F . R . § 1 20 8. 13 (b)( 1)(i i i ). E a c h p a rtys h a l l b e a ri t s o wn c o s t s f o rth i s p e t i t i o n f

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