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a ilu r e to p r o v id e c o rr o b o r a tin g e v id e n c e . See Sh restha v. H older , 5 9 0 F .3 d1 0 3 4 , 1 0 4 7 - 4 8 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 0 ) . 2. S ubs t a nt i a l e vi de nc e s upport s de ni a l of M khoy a n’ s a s y l um appl i c a t i on, because he f

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r e m o v a l a ls o f

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older , 581 F . 3d 849, 854 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 9 ) , as am ended ( “ [ A ] n a l i e n w ho f

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w a s p r e mi s e do n th e s a me evi dence as hi s a sy l um and w i thh ol di ng of re m ov alcl ai m s, C A T re l i ef w as p r o p e r lyd e n ie d . See Cortez -P i neda v. H older , 61 0 F . 3d 11 18 , 11 25 (9th C i r. 2 0 1 0 ) .P E T I T I ON DE NI E D.