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a i l e d t o e s t abl i s h the r e s t aur a nti nc i de ntr os e t o the l e ve l of p e r s e c u tio n , s e e L i v . A s h c r o ft , 35 6 F . 3d 11 53 , 11 58 (9th C i r. 20 04 ) ( en banc) (per se cut i on i s an “ extre m e c on ce ptm arked b y the i nfl i ct i on of suff er i ng or harm ”) (i n t ern al q u o t at i o n s o m i tt ed ). A p artfro m arg u i n g th ey est ab l i sh edp ast pers ec ut i on , pet i t i on er s do n ototherw i se chal l enge the agency’ s f i nd i ng thatthey fai l edt o est ab l i sh a w el l -fo u n d edfear o f p ersecu t i o n . A cco rd i n g l y, p et i t i o n ers’ a s y lu m c la im s f

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u l r e v ie w . Se e Ka m a l th a s v . I NS , 251 F . 3d 1279, 1282- 84 ( 9th C i r . 2001) (rem an d i n g fo r co n si d erat i o n o f reco rdev i d en ce sup p o rt i n g C A T cl ai m b ecau se

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or a s y lu m . . . a n dw ith h o ld in g o f r e m o v a l” ) ; Ca rdo z a - Fo n s e c a v . I NS , 767 F . 2d 1 4 4 8 , 1 4 5 5 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 8 5 ) , af f ' d on othe rgr ounds , 480 U . S . 421 ( 1987) ( s t a t i ng th at“ i n o rd er fo r u s p ro p erl y t o rev i ew th e B o ard ’ s d et erm i n at i o n , w e m u st unde r s t a nd the ba s i s f

ori t s de c i s i on a nd how i ta rr i ve d a tthe f i ndi ngs unde r l y i ng thatdeci si on , ” and re m andi ng for c l ar i fi cat i on of the B oard’ s opi ni on ) ( i nt ernal c i t a t i o n o m i tt e d ) . T h u s , we g r a n tth e p e t i t i o n wi th r e s p e c tt o p e t i t i o n e r s ’ C AT c la im , a n dw e r e m a n df o rf u rth e rp r o c e e d in g s c o n s is te n t w ith th is d is p o s itio n . See IN S v. V en tu ra , 53 7 U . S . 12 , 16 -18 (per curi am ) ( 20 02 ). E a c h p a rtys h a ll b e a rits o w n c o s ts f o rth is p e titio n f

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