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j i - E dam a ke s s e ve r a l a r gum e nt s r e gar di ng the I J ’ s de ni a l of w i thh ol di ng of re m ov al , w e l ac k j uri sdi ct i on t o h ear m ostof them . H aj i -E da fa i l ed t o adv ance an ar gu m entw i th regard t o w i thh ol di ng of re m ov ali n h i s bri ef before the B IA , and the B IA exer ci se d i t s pre rogat i ve i n n otaddres si ng any s uch a r g u m e n ts , s o th e is s u e s a r e u n e x h au s te d . See A bebe v. Mukasey , 554 F . 3d 1203, 1 2 0 7

– 0 8 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 9 ) ( e n b a n c ) ( p e rc u r ia m ) . A lth o u g h h is du e p r o c e s s c la im n e e dn o t b e e x h au s te df o ru s to h a v e ju r is d ic tio n , Ba g u es - Va l les v . I NS , 779 F . 2d 4 8 3 , 4 8 4 (9 th C i r. 1 9 8 5 ), th e IJ d i dn o tm ak e an y factu al o r l eg al erro rs, m u ch l ess o n e s r is in g to th e le v e l o f adu e p r o c e s s v io la tio n , s e e Cu a dra s v . I NS , 910 F . 2d 5 6 7 , 5 7 3 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 0 ) . N o rd idH a ji- E d ad e m o n s tr a te p r e

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NS , 2 2 0 F . 3 d1 0 9 2 , 1 0 9 5 (9 th C i r. 2 0 0 0 ). H aj i -E d a al so c ha l l e nge s the A tt orne yG e ne r a l ’ s de c i s i on i n I n r e Y-L- , 2 3 I . & N . De c . 2 7 0 ( A. G. 2002) , butw e c ons i de r e d— a nd r e j e c t e d— thi s a r gum e nti n Mi gu el-Mi gu el v. G on zales , 50 0 F . 3d 94 1, 94 8– 49 (9th C i r. 20 07 ). H a j i - E dac ha l l e nge s the B I A ’ s de ni a l of C A T r e l i e f

. H e f i r s ta r gue s tha tthe B I A us e d the w r ong l e ga l s t a nda r d, r e qui r i ng tha t , t o be e l i gi bl e f orr e l i e f , H a j i - E da m u s td e m o n s tr a t e th a tt o rtu r e wo u l do c c u rwh i l e i n s t a t e c u s t o d y , ar e q u i r e m e n twe ne ga t e d i n A z a n o rv . A s h c r o ft , 364 F . 3d 1013, 1019–20 ( 9th C i r . 2004) . Y e ttheB I A appe a r s t o ha ve onl ybe e n r e s pondi ng t o H a j i - E da ’ s ow n a s s e rt i ons r e gar di ng how he thoughthe w oul d be t ortur e d, a nd the B I A a l s o c ons i de r e d w he the rhe m i gh tbe t ortured by no nst at e a ct ors, so i tdi d n oterr. N ext , H aj i -E da as se rt s that the B I A e nga ge d i n i m pe rm i s s i bl e f a c t f i ndi ng. T he B I A i s e nt i t l e d t o r e vi e w the re cord and reac h i t s ow n con clusi on s, subj ec tt o tho se concl usi on s bei ng supp ort ed b ys ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e , s o th e r e w a s n o im p e rm is s ib le f a c tf in d in g , e s p e c ia lly g iv e n th a t th e B I A o v e rtu rn e dn o c r e d ib ilityd e te rm in a tio n s . Se e U ni v e rs al Ca me ra Co r

p . v . NL RB , 3 4 0 U .S . 4 7 4 , 4 9 6 ( 1 9 5 1 ) ; Zh e n gv . A s h c r o ft , 332 F . 3d 1 1 8 6 , 1 1 9 3 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ) ; I n r e A- S- B- , 2 4 I . & N . D e c . 4 9 3 , 4 9 7 ( B .I .A . 2 0 0 8 ) . F in ally, H aji-E d a a ss er ts th at su b stan ti al ev id en ce d idn o t sup p o rt th e B IA ’s de c i s i on t o de nyhi m C A T r e l i e f . H a j i - E daha s s how n no “ part i c ul ar i z e d thr e a tof t ortur e , ” onl yaf

e a rof the ge ne r a l vi ol e nc e a nd a tr oc i t i e s c om m i tt e d byw arr i ng f a c tio n s w ith in h is c o u n tryo f r e m o v a l, s o h e is n o t e n title dto C A T r e lie f . D hi tal v. Mukasey , 532 F . 3d 1044, 1051 ( 9th C i r . 2008) ( e m pha s i s r e m ove d) ( quot i ng L a n z a v . A s h c r o

ft , 389 F . 3d 917, 936 ( 9th C i r . 2004) ) ( i nt e rna l quot a t i on m arks om i tt ed). PE TI TI ON DI SM I SS ED I N PART AND DENI ED I N PART.