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th e B I A’ s d e c i s i o n t o d e n yh e rC AT rel i ef. S u b st an t i al ev i d en ce su p p o rt s th e B IA ’ s fi n d i n g th atsh e fai l ed t o est ab l i sh it is m o r e lik e lyth a n n o t s h e w o u ldb e to rtu r e du p o n r e tu rn to I n d ia . See Si ng h v. G on zales , 439 F . 3d 1100, 1113 ( 9th C i r . 2006) ( e vi de nc e di d notc om pe l the concl usi on i tw as m ore l i kel y than n otthe pet i t i on erw ou l d b e t ortured). I I W e gr a ntS i ngh’ s pe t i t i on f orr e vi e w . T he B I A f

ound tha t , e ve n a s s um i ng h e h a d e s tab lis h e d p a s t p e r s e c u tio n th r o u g h c r e d ib le te s tim o n y , h e c o u ldr e lo c a te w ith in I n d ia . O n th is b a s is , th e B I A d e n ie da s y lu m a n dw ith h o ld in g o f r e m o v a l. B e c aus e i ti s unc l e a rw he the rthe B I A e va l ua t e d the r e l oc a t i on i s s ue w i th the p r o p e rb u r d e n o f

p r o o f , s e e A fr iy ie , 6 1 3 F .3 da t 9 3 5 , a n db e c au s e th e B I A f a ile d to c ons i de rthe r e a s onabl e ne s s f a c t or s s e tf

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u rth e rc o n s id e r a tio n . In ad d it io n , i t i s n o t clearw h eth erth e im m ig ra ti o n ju d g e d en ied S in g h ’s C A T c l a i m on the m e r i t s , i nde pe nde ntof hi s a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyde t e rm i na t i on, nor i s i tc l e a ron w ha tba s i s the B I A a gr e e d w i th the I J . T hus , w e a l s o gr a ntthe p e titio n a s to S in g h ’s C A T c la im . Se e id . at9 3 5 (ex p l ai n i n g th e B IA m u st

“ pr ovi de ac om pr e he ns i bl e r e a s on f ori t s de c i s i on” ) ( i nt e rna l c i t a t i on a nd quot a t i on om i tt ed). II I W e d e n yin p a rt a n d g r a n t in p a rt th e p e titio n f o rr e v ie w , a n dw e r e m a n dto th e a g e n c yf

o rf u rth e rp r o c e e d in g s c o n s is te n t w ith th is d is p o s itio n . See I N S v. V en tu ra , 537 U . S . 12, 16- 18 ( 2002) ( pe rc ur i a m ) . B e c aus e K auri s ade r i va t i ve p e titio n e ro n S in g h ’s a s y lu m c la im , w e r e m a n df o rf u rth e rp r o c e e d in g s a s to b o th p e t i t i o n e r s o n th e i s s u e s r a i s e d i n S i n g h ’ s p e t i t i o n . E a c h p a rtys h a l l b e a ri t s o wn co st s.

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