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older , 610 F . 3d 1118, 1121 ( 9th C i r . 2010) . W e de nythe p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. T he re cord do es no tcom pel the concl usi on thatchanged o r e xtra ordi nary c ir c u m s ta n c e s e x c u s e dth e u n tim e lyf ilin g o f p e titio n e r s ’ a s y lu m ap p lic a tio n s . See 8 C . F . R . § 1 20 8. 4(a) (4), (5); H usye v v . Mukasey , 52 8 F . 3d 11 72 , 11 81 (9th C i r. 2 0 0 8 ) ; R am adan v. G on zales , 4 7 9 F . 3 d6 4 6 , 6 5 7

– 5 8 (9 th C i r. 2 0 0 7 ). A cco rd i n g l y, w e d en y th e p et i t i o n as t o th ei r asyl u m cl ai m s. P et i t i on er s’ cl ai m s f

or w i thh ol di ng of re m ov al al so fa i l , because s ub st ant i al e v id e n c e s u p p o rts th e d e te rm in a tio n s th a t J av ie rd idn o t s u f f e rp a s t p e r s e c u tio n , se e Pr a s a d v . I NS , 4 7 F .3 d3 3 6 , 3 3 9

– 4 0 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 5 ) , a n dth a t th e h a rm M a r in ia s u f f e r e dw a s n o t o n a c c o u n t o f ap r o te c te dg r o u n d , s e e O c h a v e v . I NS , 254 F . 3d 85 9, 86 5– 67 (9th C i r. 20 01 ); and the evi dence does notcom pel the concl usi on that ei ther pet i t i on erfa ce s acl ear probabi l i ty of f uture pers ec ut i on on ac coun tof a p r o te c te dg r o u n d , s ee B arri os v. H older , 581 F . 3d 849, 855–56 ( 9th C i r . 2009) ( r e j e c t i ng ape t i t i one r ’ s a s y l um c l a i m w he r e he “ f a i l e d t o pr e s e nte vi de nc e tha the w as po l i t i ca l l y or i deol og i ca l l y opp osed t o the i deal s e spou se d b y the gang that07- 72695 3 r e c rui t e d hi m ( ort o ga ngs i n ge ne r a l ) , ortha tthe ga ng i m put e d t o hi m a ny p a rtic u la rp o litic a l b e lie f ” ) ; R am os-L op ezv. H

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a m ilym e m b e r ’s c o n tin u in g s a f e tyis a n e v e n m o r e p e r s u a s iv e f a c to rin consi deri ng a pet i t i on er ’ s w el l -f ou nd ed fe ar . ”) . F i nal l y, subst ant i al evi dence s up po rt s the agency’ s det erm i nat i on that pe t i t i one r s f

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f ic ia ls if r e tu rn e dto H o n d u r a s . See Santos -L e m us , 5 4 2 F . 3 da t7 4 7

– 4 8 . We th e r e f o r e d e n yth e p e t i t i o n a s t o th e i rC AT cl ai m s. P E T I T I ON F OR RE V I E W DE NI E D.