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# FI LED APR22 2 013 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS11- 72217 2 j uri sdi ct i on i s gov erned b y 8 U . S . C . § 1 25 2. W e r evi ew for s ub st ant i alevi dence th e ag en cy’ s factu al d et erm i n at i o n s, Si laya v. Mukasey , 5 2 4 F .3 d1 0 6 6 , 1 0 7 0 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 8 ) , a n dwe d e n yi n p a rta n dd i s m i s s i n p artth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. S ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e s up p o rts th e a g e n c y ’s c o n c lu s io n th a t A lb an e z f a ile dto e s tab lis h p a s t p e r s e c u tio n o raw e ll- f o u n d e df e aro f f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n . See L i m v. I NS , 2 2 4 F .3 d9 2 9 , 9 3 6 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 0 ) ( “[ t]h r e a ts . . . c o n s titu te p a s t p e r s e c u tio n in o n lyas m a ll c a te g o ryo f c a s e s , a n do n lyw h e n th e th r e a ts a r e s o m e n a c in g a s to cause s i gn i fi cantac tual suff er i ng or harm . ”) (i nt ernal qu ot at i on m arks om i tt ed); Na g o u lko v . I

NS , 33 3 F . 3d 10 12 , 10 18 (9th C i r. 20 03 ) ( po ss ibi l i ty of f uture pe r s e c ut i on t oo s pe c ul a t i ve ) . A bs e ntas how i ng of pa s tpe r s e c ut i on, A l bane z i s not e lig ib le f o rh u m a n itar ian a s y lu m . See 8 C .F .R . § 1 2 0 8 .1 3 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( iii) . C o n seq u en t l y, h i s asyl u m cl ai m fai l s. B ec ause A l banez fa i l ed t o d em on strat e e l i gi bi l i ty f or as ylum , i tfol l ow s that h e d idn o t s a tis f

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