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# FI LED APR12 2 011 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS08- 70863 2 O ur j uri sdi ct i on i s gov erned b y 8 U . S . C . § 1 25 2. W e r evi ew for s ub st ant i al e v id e n c e th e a g e n c y ’s f a c tu a l f in d in g s , Sa ntos-L em us v. Mukasey , 542 F . 3d 738, 7 4 2 ( 9 th C i r . 2 0 0 8 ) , an dwe d e n yi n p artan dd i s m i s s i n p artth e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. S ub st an t i alev i d en ce sup p o rt s th e B IA ’ s fi n d i n g th atN an fai l edt o est ab l i sh thata prot ec t ed grou ndw ou l d b e one centra lre as on for the harm he fe ar s by l oan sh ark s o r th e p o l i ce w i th w h o m th e l o an sh ark s p u rp o rt ed l y h av e a cl o se c o n n e c tio n . Se e I

N S v . E l i as - Zac ar i as , 5 0 2 U . S . 4 7 8 , 4 8 1 n . 1 (1 9 9 2 ) (t o rev erse th e ag en cy’ s fi n d i n g “ w e m u stfi n dth atth e ev i d en ce n o to n l y su p p o rt s that c o n c lu s io n , b u t c o m

p e ls it” ) ( e m p h a s is in o r ig in a l) ) ; se e al so P arussim ova v. Mukasey , 5 5 5 F .3 d7 3 4 , 7 4 0 - 4 1 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 9 ) ( “[ t]h e R e a l I D A c t r e qu ir e s th a t a p ro tectedg ro u n dre p re se n t ‘ o n e c en tral re as o n ’ fo r a n as ylu m ap p li ca n t’ s p e r s e c u tio n ” ) . A c c o r d in g ly , N an ’s a s y lu m an dw ith h o ld in g o f r e m o v a l c la im s f

a il. See O choa v. G on zales , 406 F . 3d 1166, 1172 ( 9th C i r . 2005) . W e l ac k j uri sdi ct i on t o revi ew any c hal l enge t o the IJ ’ s deni alof C A T re l i ef b e c au s e N an f

a ile dto e x h au s t th at c la im b e f o r e th e B I A . Se e B a rr o n v . A s h c r o ft , 3 5 8 F .3 d6 7 4 , 6 7 8 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) ; A bebe v. Mukasey , 5 5 4 F .3 d1 2 0 3 , 1 2 0 8 ( 9 th Ci r . 2 0 0 9 ) ( e n b an c ) ( p e rc u r i am) (o n ly issu es ra isedan dar g u edina p etit io n er ’s bri ef before the B IA w i l lbe deem ed exhaust ed w hen a bri ef i s f i l ed). P E T IT IO N F O R R E V IE W D E N IE D i n p art; D IS M IS S E D i n p art.