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# FI LED JAN 19 2 011 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS08- 70523 2 j u ri sd i ct i o n u n d er 8 U . S . C . § 1 2 5 2 . “ T h i s co u rtrev i ew s factu al d et erm i n at i o n s, i ncl ud i ng cr edi bi l i ty det erm i nat i on s, for s ub st ant i al evi dence. ” Morga n v. Mukasey , 5 2 9 F . 3 d1 2 0 2 , 1 2 0 6 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 8 ) . We d e n yth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. S ub st ant i al evi dence s up po rt s the B IA ’ s f i nd i ng thatK am i ki an t es t i fi ed i ncon si st ent l y c on ce rni ng ho w her e m pl oym entended, and w hether K am i ki an w as fi re d o r r es i gn ed vo l un t ar i l y goes t o the heartof her c l ai m thatshe w as pers ec ut ed o n a c c o u n t o f

h e rw h is tle - b lo w e rs ta tu s . Se e D es ta v . A s h c r o ft , 365 F . 3d 741, 745 (9th C i r. 20 04 ). K am i ki an al so fa i l ed t o corrobo ra t e hercl ai m w i th m at er i al evi dence thata r ea sonabl e tri erof fa ctw ou l d n otbe com pel l ed t o con cl ud e w as u n a v a ilab le . See 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 5 2 ( b ) ( 4 ) ( D ) ; S i dh u v . I NS , 2 2 0 F .3 d1 0 8 5 , 1 0 9 0 ( 9 th C i r . 2000) ( “ [ I ] f

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