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r o m G u a te m a la . Se eShres tha , 590 F . 3d a t1040- 44 ( a d v e r s e c r e d ib ilityd e te rm in a tio n w a s r e a s o n ab le u n d e rth e R e a l I D A c t’s “to ta lity of the ci rc um st ance s” ). A nd , because R od as -C al deron fai l s t o p oi ntt o any other e v id e n c e th a t s h o w s it is m o r e lik e lyth an n o t h e w o u ldb e to rtu r e dif r e tu rn e dto G u a te m a la , h is C A T c la im f a ils . Se e Fa ra h v . A s h c r o ft , 348 F . 3d 1153, 1156- 57 (9th C i r. 20 03 ). P E T I T I ON F OR RE V I E W DE NI E D.