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o rr e v ie w . S ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e s up p o rts th e B I A ’s a d v e r s e c r e d ib ilityd e te rm in a tio n . B e c aus e P e t i t i one rpr ovi de d i nc ons i s t e nts t a t e m e nt s r e gar di ng w he the rthe S hi ni ng P a th f ir e dg u n s h o ts a t h im a n dw h e th e rath r e a t w a s m a d e b yth e S h in in g P a th in 1 9 9 9 , th e a d v e r s e c r e d ib ilityf in d in g is s up p o rte d . See D on v. G on zales , 476 F . 3d 7 3 8 , 7 4 1 (9 th C ir. 2 0 0 7 ) ( h o ld in g th at an in co n sisten cy g o in g to th e h ea rt o f a li en ’s3

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N S , 743 F . 2d 1307, 1310 ( 9th C i r . 1984) ( hol di ng tha tbi rth c e rt i f i c a t e w a s notne w l ydi s c ove r e d e vi de nc e tha tc oul d not h a v e b e e n p r e v io u s lyp r e s e n te d ) . T he B IA ’ s m i st aken ref er ence t o Ind i a does notre qu i re re m and b ec ause the B IA re peat edl y r ef

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th e e v id e n c e , L o w ry , 329 F . 3d a t1024, thi s e vi de nc e i s not pr oba t i ve of

w ha tm e di c a t i on R e ngi f o w a s t aki ng atthe t i m e of hi s i m m i gr a t i on h e a r in g , w h ic h is th e r e le v an t q u e s tio n in th is p e titio n . 4 ( 9th C i r . 2001) . T he B I A a l s o di d note rri n f a i l i ng t o c ons i de rne w e vi de nc e of c o u n tryc o n d itio n s b e c au s e it w a s n o t r e le v an t o n ap p e a l. 1 PETI TI O N D EN I ED .