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o rs ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e f a c tu a l f in d in g s . W akkaryv. H

older , 558 F . 3d 1049, 1056 ( 9th C i r . 2009) . W e r e vi e w f orabus e of d is c r e tio n th e B I A ’s d e n ia l o f am o tio n to r e m an d . G u z m a n v . I NS , 318 F . 3d 911, 9 1 2 n . 1 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 3 ) ( p e rc u r i am ) . We d e n yth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. T he B I A f

ound tha t , e ve n a s s um i ng S i ngh- M a l hi s uf f e r e d pa s tpe r s e c ut i on, th e p r e s u m p tio n o f

f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n w a s r e b u tte d . S ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e s up p o rts th is f in d in g an dth e a g e n c y ’s c o n c lu s io n th a t th e r e c o r dd o e s n o t r e f le c t a lik e lih o o do f

p e r s e c u tio n . See 8 C . F . R . § 1208. 16( b) ( 1) ( i ) . W e r e j e c tS i nghM al hi ’ s c on t ent i on s thatthe B IA pu rport ed t o rel y on a di ff er entbasi s than the IJ and c onduc t e d ul tra vi res f a c t f i ndi ng. W e a l s o r e

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the opportuni tyt o c ha l l e nge the f i ndi ng tha tthe p r e s u m p tio n o f

f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n w a s r e b u tte d . See La ta v . I NS , 204 F . 3d 1241, 1246 ( 9th C i r . 2000) ( r e qui r i ng e rr orand s ubs t ant i a l pr e j udi c e t o pr e va i l on adue p ro ce ss ch allen g e to p ro ce ed in g s a n dch ar ac terizin g a s h o w in g o f p re ju d ice a s “a d e m o n s tr a tio n th a t th e a lle g e dv io la tio n a f f e c te dth e o u tc o m e o f

th e p r o c e e d in g s ” ) . I n a ddi t i on, S i ngh- M a l hi ’ s c ont e nt i on tha tthe a ge nc yr e qui r e d c orr obor a t i ng e v id e n c e an dd idn o t a c c e p t h is te s tim o n ya s tru e is b e lie db yth e r e c o r d . A cco rd i n g l y, S i n g h -M al h i ’ s w i th h o l d i n g o f rem o v al cl ai m fai l s.09- 73608 3 I n a ddi t i on, s ubs t ant i a l e vi de nc e s upport s the a ge nc y ’ s c onc l us i on tha tthe r e c o r dd o e s n o t r e f

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S in g h - M a lh i is r e tu rn e dto I n d ia . See W a kka ry , 5 5 8 F . 3 dat1 0 6 7 -6 8 . A cco rd i n g l y, h i s C A T cl ai m fai l s. F in ally, th e B IA d idn o t ab u se it s d iscr etio n ind en yin g S in g h -M alh i’ s m o tio n to r e m an dw h e r e a ll o f th e d o c u m e n ts h e s ub m itte dw e r e is s u e dp r io rto h is m e r its h e ar in g , an dh e d idn o t ar g u e in h is m o tio n th a t th e yw e r e p r e v io u s ly u n av a ilab le . See A

f ri yi e v . H older , 613 F . 3d 924, 937 ( 9th C i r . 2010) ( B I A di d not abuse i t s di sc re t i on i n d enyi ng m ot i on t o con si der e vi dence avai l abl e t o p et i t i on er a tthe t i m e of

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