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T he pa ne l una ni m ous l yc onc l ude s thi s c a s e i s s ui t abl e f orde c i s i on ** w ith o u t o r a l ar g u m e n t. See F ed. R . A pp . P . 34 (a )( 2). NOT F OR P UB L I CAT I ON UN I TE D STATE S C OU RT OF APPE ALS FOR T HE NI NTH CI RC UI T J OH N WE S L Y C E L E S T I N, P et i t i on er , v. E R I C H . H O L D E R , J r ., A tto rn e yG e n e r a l, R e s p o n d e n t. N o. 06- 73812 A ge nc yN o. A 098- 510- 452 ME MOR AN DU M *

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a c t s u n d e r l y i n g th i s ap p e a l , we 1 do no tre coun tthe fa ct s her e. 2 (“ C A T ”) . W here the B IA adop t s and af fi rm s the IJ ’ s orderun der M at te rof B ur bano , 20 I . & N . D e c . 872, 874 ( B I A 1994) , a nd e xpr e s s e s no di s a gr e e m e nt w i th th e IJ’ s d eci si o n , th i s co u rtrev i ew s th e IJ’ s o rd er as i f i tw ere th e B IA ’ s. A bebe v. G on zales , 43 2 F . 3d 10 37 , 10 40 -41 (9th C i r. 20 05 ) ( en banc). T hi s c ou rt re vi ew s l egalqu es t i on s de nov o and fa ctual fi nd i ng s und erthe “ subst ant i al e vi de nc e s t a nda r d, tr e a t i ng the m a s ‘ c onc l us i ve unl e s s a nyr e a s onabl e a dj udi c a t or w ou l d b e c om pel l ed t o con clud e t o the contrary . ’ ” L op ez -Cardo na v. H older , 662 F . 3d 11 10 , 11 11 (9th C i r. 20 11 ) ( quot i ng8 U . S . C . § 1 25 2(b)(4)(B)). T hi s c ou rt r e vi e w s ade ni a l of

a s y l um , w i thhol di ng of r e m ova l , orpr ot e c t i on unde rC A T f or s ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e . Si nh a v. H older , 5 6 4 F .3 d1 0 1 5 , 1 0 2 0 , 1 0 2 5 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 9 ) . W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on unde r8 U . S . C . § 1252( a ) , a nd w e de nythe pe t i t i on f or r e v i e w. 1 C e l e s t i n c l a i m s tha tthe I Jf a i l e d t o m a ke a n a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyf i ndi ng and th ath i s t est i m o n y sh o u l dth erefo re b e cred i t edas tru e. T h i s cl ai m fai l s b ecau se the IJexpl i ci t l y f

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i c tha n hi s w r i tt e n de c l ar a t i on and be c aus e he w a s unabl e t o de s c r i be the po l i ce strat egi es thatre bel s had as ked h i m abou t . T he IJfurther f ou nd that3

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in d in g s . See Si dh u v. I . N . S. , 22 0 F . 3d 10 85 , 10 92 (9th C i r. 20 00 ) ( ho l di ng thatthi s c ou rtw i l l up ho l d an IJ ’s ad v er se cr ed ib il ity f in d in g w h er e th e I J h ad re as o n to q u es ti o n th e a li en ’s cr edi bi l i ty and the al i en fa i l ed t o p rodu ce ea si l y avai l abl e c orrobo rat i ng evi dence); Si ngh-Kaurv . I

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. N . S. v . B agam as bad , 4 2 9 U . S . 2 4 , 2 5 (1 9 7 6 ) (“ A s a ge ne r a l rul e c ourt s a nd a ge nc i e s ar e notr e qui r e d t o m a ke f i ndi ngs on i s s ue s the d e c is io n o f

w h ic h is u n n e c e s s a ryto th e r e s u lts th e yr e a c h .” ) . C e l e s t i n’ s c l a i m unde rC A T w a s ba s e d e nt i r e l yupon the s a m e e vi de nc e he subm i tt ed i n sup po rtof hi s c l ai m for a sy l um . B ec ause subst ant i alevi dence sup p o rt eda d en i al o f asyl u m b asedo n ad v erse cred i b i l i ty, i tl i k ew i se sup p o rt s a d e n ia l o f p r o te c tio n u n d e rC A T . Fa ra h v . A s h c r o ft , 34 8 F . 3d 11 53 , 11 57 (9th C i r. 2 0 0 3 ) .4

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