Karim

MEMORANDUM **

Substantial evidence supported the IJ’s determination that Karim and Rohani are statutorily ineligible for asylum. First, the record does not compel the conclusion that the February 1999, March 2000, and November 2000 incidents were past persecution on account of a protected ground. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13 (b)(1). Each of these incidents is amenable to the interpretation that Karim was being targeted for reasons other than his ethnicity or religion.

Second, the record does not compel the conclusion that Karim and Rohani have established a well-founded fear of future persecution. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13 (b)(2). Applying disfavored group analysis as articulated in Sael v. Ashcroft, 386 F.3d 922 (9th Cir.2004), we conclude that Karim and Rohani have not demonstrated the “comparatively low level of individualized risk in order to prove that [they have] a well-founded fear of future persecution” on account of a protected ground. Id. at 927 (internal quotation marks omitted). The February 1999, March 2000, and November 2000 incidents are insufficient to establish an individualized risk because the record does not compel the conclusion that these incidents were on account…