Yaqoub

MEMORANDUM ***

Substantial evidence supports the Immigration Judge’s determination that petitioner Wadah Ali Ali Yaqoub failed to establish sufficient individualized harm or risk of future harm to be eligible for asylum based on past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. See Sebastian-Sebastian v. INS, 195 F.3d 504 , 508 n. 5 (9th Cir.1999) (recognizing that “[m]ere generalized lawlessness and violence” without a particularized risk to the petitioner is generally insufficient to support a claim of asylum) (citation omitted). In particular, the house bombing appeared to be an isolated incident not clearly related to Yaqoub’s father’s political position. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.2000).

Standing alone, Yaqoub’s brother’s status as an asylum grantee does not compel a finding that Yaqoub has a well-founded fear of persecution based on a pattern or practice of persecution against an entire group. Acts of violence against family members may form the basis for a well-founded fear, but such violence must “create a pattern of persecution closely tied to the applicant.” Mgoian v. INS, 184 F.3d 1029, 1036 (9th Cir.1999) (citation and alteration…