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# FI LED JAN 20 2 011 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS08- 70459 2 j uri sdi ct i on un der 8 U . S . C . § 1 25 2. W e r evi ew for s ub st ant i alevi dence fa ctual fi n d i n g s, S in gh v . G o n z a les , 439 F . 3d 1100, 1105 ( 9th C i r . 2006) , a nd w e de nythe p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. S ubs t a nt i a l e vi de nc e s upport s the I J ’ s a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyde t e rm i na t i on ba s e d on the di s c r e pa nc ybe tw e e n S i ngh’ s t e s t i m onytha tthe t e m pl e w a s af i ve m i nu t e w al k from hi s hom e and the fa ctthatthe neare stt em pl e w as se vera l m i l es a w a y . Se e Ch e b c h o u b v . I NS , 257 F . 3d 1038, 1043 ( 9th C i r . 2001) ( s us t a i ni ng a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyde t e rm i na t i on w he r e c l a i m s “ w e r e i m pl aus i bl e i n l i ghtof the b ack g ro u n dev i d en ce”). S ub st an t i al ev i d en ce al so sup p o rt s th e IJ’ s ad v erse c r e di bi l i tyde t e rm i na t i on ba s e d on S i ngh’ s l a c k of know l e dge of

the S hi r om a ni A k a li D a l p a rty . Se e S in gh v . A s h c r o ft , 367 F . 3d 1139, 1143 ( 9th C i r . 2004) (app rovi ng an advers e c re di bi l i ty c on cl usi on base d i n p arton an expect at i on that on e w ho cl ai m s a ct i ve part i cipat i on i n a party has a dee per und er st andi ng of that pa rty ’ s be l i e f

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a il. See Fa ra h v . A s h c r o ft , 348 F . 3d 1153, 1156 (9th C i r. 20 03 ).08- 70459 3 B e c aus e S i ngh’ s C A T c l a i m i s ba s e d on the s a m e t e s t i m onyf ound t o be not c r e di bl e , a nd he poi nt s t o no othe re vi de nc e the I Js houl d ha ve c ons i de r e d, s ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e a ls o s up p o rts th e d e n ia l o f C A T r e lie f

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