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be i ng s ubj e c t e d t o t ortur e . ” Z he ng v. A s hc r of t , 332 F . 3d 1186, 1 1 8 8 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ) . T h e a lie n b e ar s th e b u r d e n o f p r o v in g “th a t it is m o r e lik e ly tha n nottha the ors he w oul d be t ortur e d i f r e m ove d t o the pr opos e d c ountryof r e m o v a l.” 8 C .F .R . § 2 0 8 .1 6 ( c ) ( 2 ) . S in g h p r e s e n ts n o a d d itio n a l e v id e n c e to s up p o rt th is c la im a n df a ils to m e e t h is b u r d e n o f p r o o f . S e e F ar ah v . A s h c r o f

t, 348 F . 3d 1153, 1157 ( 9th C i r . 2003) ( de ny i ng an a l i e n’ s c l a i m unde rthe C onve nt i on A ga i ns tT ortur e w he n tha ta l i e n r e l i e s on s t a t e m e nt s f ound t o be not cr edi bl e and offe rs no addi t i on alevi dence). DE NI E D.