Shou v. Holder
Shou v. Holder
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Habeba Faraj Shou and her three minor children, natives and citizens of Iraq, peti
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that petitioners failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution by Muslims on account of their Chaldean Christian religion because the record does not compel the conclusion that Shou’s father-in-law was killed on account of his religion, and the generalized country conditions information they submitted is insufficient. See Prasad, 47 F.3d at 340 (holding generalized country condition information and harm to family members unconnected to petitioner insufficient to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution).
Additionally, the IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying petitioners a humanitarian grant of asylum on the basis of the 1991 incident in which Shou was assaulted by Ba’athists. See Marcu v. INS, 147 F.3d 1078, 1082-83 (9th Cir. 1998) (In denying a claim for humanitarian asylum the agency need only set out “terms sufficient to enable [the court] ... to see that the [it] has heard, considered, and decided.”) (internal quotations and citations omitted).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
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