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o lder, 648 F . 3d 953, 956 ( 9th C i r . 2011) . W e gr a nti n pa rta nd de nyi n pa rtthe pe t i t i on f orr e vi e w , a nd r e m a nd. C a i c o n te n d s th a t h is w h is tle b lo w in g a c tiv itie s r e s u lte din h is p e r s e c u tio n . W ith r e s p e c t to C a i’s f

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r e m ova l c l a i m s , a nd w e r e m a nd f orf urthe rpr oc e e di ngs09- 72455 3 c o n s is te n t w ith th is d is p o s itio n . See IN S v. V en tu ra , 537 U . S . 12, 16- 18 ( 2002) (percuri am ). F i nal l y, w i th res pectt o C A T re l i ef , C ai has f

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s how i ng tha the i s m or e l i ke l ytha n nott o be t ortur e d i n the c ountryof re m ov al . ”) (c i t at i on and i nt ernal qu ot at i on om i tt ed). E a c h p a rtys h a l l b e a ri t s o wn c o s t s f o rth i s p e t i t i o n f

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