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am o tio n to r e m an d . L in v . A s h c ro ft , 37 7 F . 3d 10 14 , 10 23 (9th C i r. 2004) . W e de nyi n pa rta nd gr anti n partthe pe t i t i on f orr e vi e w , a nd w e r e m and. L ope z - F ol gar ’ s c ont e nt i on tha tthe a ge nc yc oul d nota s s um e pa s tpe r s e c ut i on a n dw a s in s te a dr e q u ir e dto m a k e a n e x p lic it p a s t p e r s e c u tio n f in d in g f a ils . See H an na v. Keisler , 5 0 6 F . 3 d9 3 3 , 9 3 8 (9 th C i r. 2 0 0 7 ) (w h ere B IA assu m es p ast pe r s e c ut i on, thi s c ourta l s o a s s um e s pa s tpe r s e c ut i on and pr oc e e ds t o de t e rm i ne w h e th e rth e g o v e rn m e n t h a s o v e r c o m e th e r e b u ttab le p r e s u m p tio n o f aw e llf ounde d f e arof pe r s e c ut i on) . L ope z - F ol garf a i l e d t o r a i s e a nys ubs t ant i ve ch al l en g e t o th e B IA ’ s d i sp o si t i v e d et erm i n at i o n th at , ev en i f h e est ab l i sh edp ast pers ec ut i on , any pre sum pt i on of a w el l -f ou nd ed fe arof pers ec ut i on w as re bu tt ed b ye v id e n c e h e c o u ldr e a s o n ab lyr e lo c a te w ith in G u a te m a la . Se e M ar t i nez - Se rrano v . I NS , 9 4 F .3 d1 2 5 6 , 1 2 5 9 - 6 0 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 6 ) ( is s u e s th a t ar e n o t s p e c if ic a lly r a is e dan da r g u e din ap arty ’s o p e n in g b r ie f a r e w a iv e d ) ; see a l

so 8 C. F. R. § 1 20 8. 13 (b)( 1)(i )( B ) ( pres um pt i on of w el l -f ou nd ed fe ari s r ebutt ed by evi dence a pet i t i on ercan rea sonabl y r el ocat e t o ano ther partof hi s c ou ntryt o avo i d future p ersecu t i o n ). A cco rd i n g l y, L o p ez-F o l g ar’ s asyl u m cl ai m fai l s.09- 70948 3 Be c au s e Lo p e z - Fo l g arf a i l e dt o me e tth e l o w e rb u r d e n o f p r o o f f o ra s y l u m, h is c la im f

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a i l e d t o c ha l l e nge the de ni a l of hi s C A T c l a i m i n hi s ope ni ng b r ie f . Se e M ar t i nez - Se rrano , 9 4 F .3 da t 1 2 5 9 - 6 0 . A c c o r d in g ly , h is C A T c la im al so fai l s. W ith r e s p e c t to L o p e z - F o lg ar ’s m o tio n to r e m an d , L o p e z - F o lg ara r g u e dto the B IA thatdu e t o h i s f orm ercoun se l ’ s i neff

ec t i ve as si st ance , evi dence m at er i al t o h i s app l i cat i on for c ance l l at i on of re m ov alw as no tsubm i tt ed t o the agency. In de ny i ng the m ot i on t o r e m and, the B I A appl i e d the now - ove rrul e d C om pe an I st andard i n ass es si ng w hether L op ez -F ol gar’ s f orm ercoun se l fa i l ed t o p er form w ith s u f f ic ie n t c o m p e te n c e . Se e M at te rof C om pe an, B angal

y& J - E - C- ( C om pe an II ) , 25 I & N D e c . 1, 3 ( A . G . 2009) ( va c a t i ng M a t te ro f Co mp e a n , Ba n g a l

y& J - EC- ( C om pean I) , 2 4 I & N D e c . 7 1 0 ( A .G . 2 0 0 9 ) a n dd ir e c tin g th e B I A to ap p ly pre- C om pe an s tan d ar d s ) . T he B I A a l s o appl i e d the w r ong l e ga l s t anda r d t o i t s pr e j udi c e a na l y s i s by re qu i ri ng L op ez -F ol gar t o sho w he w ou l d h ave prevai l ed i f hi s c ou nselhad s ub m itte dto th e im m ig r a tio n c o u rt th e d o c u m e n ta tio n h e h a dp r o v id e dto h is c o u n s e l. See M

aravi l la Maravi l la v. H older , 3 8 1 F .3 d8 5 5 , 8 5 8 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) ( to09- 70948 4 s how pr e j udi c e , pe t i t i one r“ ne e d nots how tha t[ he ] w oul d w i n orl os e on a ny c la im s ” ) . W e th e r e f

o r e g r an t th e p e titio n w ith r e s p e c t to L o p e z - F o lg ar ’s m o tio n to r e o p e n c la im a n dr e m an dto th e B I A f o ra s s e s s m e n t u n d e rth e p r o p e rs tan d ar d . See L in , 3 7 7 F .3 da t 1 0 2 7 ( p e titio n e ris e n title dto h a v e c o u n s e l p e r f o rm w ith

“ suff i ci entcom pet ence , ” and a pet i t i on erdem on strat es prej ud i ce i f he s ho w s “ ‘ that h e h as p la u s ib le gr ounds f orr e l i e f’ ” ( c i t a t i on om i tt e d) ) . I n l i ghtof thi s c onc l us i on, w e d o n o tr e a c h Lo p e z - Fo l g ar ’ s c an c e l l a t i o n o f r e mo v a l c l a i m. E a c h p artys h a l l b e ari t s o wn c o s t s f o rth e p e t i t i o n f

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