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( “ C A T ” ) . O urj ur i s di c t i on i s gove rne d by8 U . S . C . § 1252. W e r e vi e w f or s ub s tan tia l e v id e n c e th e a g e n c y ’s f a c tu a l f in d in g s . Sa ntos-L em us v. Mukasey , 542 F . 3d 738, 742 ( 9th C i r . 2008) . W e de nyi n parta nd di s m i s s i n partthe pe t i t i on f or r e v i e w. E ven i f S ando va-G ri

j al va’ s a sy l um appl i cat i on w as t i m el y, subst ant i al e vi de nc e s upport s the a ge nc y ’ s f i ndi ng tha thi s i nc i de ntw i th the gue rr i l l a s di d not r is e to th e le v e l o f

p e r s e c u tio n . Se e G u v . G o n z a les , 4 5 4 F .3 d1 0 1 4 , 1 0 1 9 - 2 1 ( 9 th C i r . 2006) ( br i e f

de t e nt i on, be a t i ng and i nt e rr oga t i on di d notc om pe l af i ndi ng of p a s t p e r s e c u tio n ) . I n a d d itio n , g iv e n th e c h an g e dc o u n tryc ir c u m s tan c e s in G ua t e m a l a , a nd S a ndova - G r i j a l va ’ s i nabi l i tyt o e xpl a i n w hya ny one w oul d be i nt er es t ed i n h i m no w , subst ant i alevi dence s up po rt s the agency’ s c on clusi on that p e titio n e rh a s n o t e s tab lis h e daw e ll- f o u n d e df e aro f p e r s e c u tio n . See N

ag ou lko v. I NS , 3 3 3 F .3 d1 0 1 2 , 1 0 1 8 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ) ( “[ T ]h e I Ja n dth e B I A a r e e n title dto r e lyo n a ll r e le v a n t e v id e n c e in th e r e c o r d , in c lu d in g aS ta te D e p artm e n t r e p o rt, in consi deri ng w hether the pet i t i on erhas dem on strat ed there i s goo d rea son t o fear f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n .” ) . T h e r e f o r e , h is a s y lu m c la im f

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a ils to m e e t th e m o r e s tr in g e n t s tan d ar df o rw ith h o ld in g o f

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a ile dto s h o w it is m o r e lik e lyth an n o t h e w ill b e to rtu r e dif r e tu rn e dto G u a te m a la . See A rteaga v. Mukasey , 5 1 1 F .3 d9 4 0 , 9 4 8 - 4 9 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 7 ) . A c c o r d in g ly , h is C A T c la im f a ils . Fi n a l l y , b e c au s e San d o v a - G r i j a l v ad i dn o te x h au s th i s du e p r o c e s s c l a i m, th is c o u rt la c k s ju r is d ic tio n to r e v ie w it. Se e B a rr o n v . A s h c r o ft , 358 F . 3d 674, 67 7-78 (9th C i r. 20 04 ) ( al l eged err or of l ac k o f opp ortun i ty t o p re se ntca se w as p r o c e du r a l in n a tu r e a n dr e q u ir e dto b e e x h au s te d ) .

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