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# FI LED NO V 22 2010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS08- 75194 2 ju r is d ic tio n u n d e r8 U .S .C . § 1 2 5 2 . W e r e v ie w d e n o v o q u e s tio n s o f law , C er ez o v. Mukasey , 51 2 F . 3d 11 63 , 11 66 (9th C i r. 20 08 ), exce ptt o the ext entthatdefe re nce i s o w edt o th e B IA ’ s d et erm i n at i o n o f th e g o v ern i n g st atu t es an dreg u l at i o n s, S im e o n o vv . A s h c r o

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ye v. G on zales , 453 F . 3d 1182, 1 1 8 4 - 8 5 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 6 ) . We d e n yth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. W e r e j e c tC ar dona ’ s c l a i m tha the i s e l i gi bl e f ora s y l um a nd w i thhol di ng of re m ov albase d o n h i s ant i -gang p ol i t i ca l op i ni on or m em bers hi p i n a part i cul ar s o c ia l g r o up . See R am os-L op ezv. H older , 563 F . 3d 855, 860- 62 ( 9th C i r . 2009) ( c o n c lu d in g y o u n g S a lv a d o r an m e n w h o a r e r e c ru ite db yg an g s an dr e f u s e to jo in i s nota s oci algrou p, and ref usalt o j oi n g angs i s nota pol i t i ca l op i ni on ); P arussim ova v. Mukasey , 55 5 F . 3d 73 4, 74 0 (9th C i r. 20 09 ) ( “ [t ] he R ea l ID A ct r e qui r e s tha tapr ot e c t e d gr ound r e pr e s e nt‘ one c e ntr a l r e a s on’ f ora n a s y l um appl i c a nt ’ s pe r s e c ut i on” ) . A c c or di ngl y , be c aus e C ar donaf a i l e d t o de m ons tr a t e he w as or w i l l be pers ec ut ed on ac coun tof a prot ec t ed grou nd , w e deny the pet i t i on as to h is a s y lu m a n dw ith h o ld in g c la im s . See B arri os v. H older , 581 F . 3d 849, 856 (9th C i r. 20 09 ). S ub st an t i al ev i d en ce sup p o rt s th e ag en cy’ s d en i al o f C A T rel i ef b ecau se C a r d o n af

a ile dto s h o w it is m o r e lik e lyth an n o t th a t h e w o u ldb e to rtu r e dif08- 75194 3 r e tu rn e dto E l S a lv a d o r . See San tos-L em us v. Mukasey , 5 4 2 F .3 d7 3 8 , 7 4 7 - 4 8 ( 9 th C i r. 20 08 ). C ar do na’ s due proces s c on t ent i on re gardi ng the B IA ’ s i ss uance of a s tr e a m lin e dd e c is io n is n o t s up p o rte db yth e r e c o r d . Se e La ta v . I NS , 204 F . 3d 12 41 , 12 46 (9th C i r. 20 00 ) ( re qu i ri ng error f or a due process vi ol at i on ). P E T I T I ON F OR RE V I E W DE NI E D.