N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
ALI M USTAFA EL SAID, Pe titione r,
v. LORETTA E. LYNC H, Attorne y Ge ne ra l, R

e sponde nt . No. 11-72011 Age n c y No. A097-854-107
M EM O R ANDUM *

On Pe tition for Re vie w of a n Orde r of the B oa rd of Im m igration Appe a ls A rgue d a nd Subm itte d

Se pte m be r 3, 2015 Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : GR

AB ER and WATFORD, C irc uit Judge s, a n d TUNHEIM , ** C hie f Distric t Judge
. Ali M usta fa

El Sa i d , a native and c itiz e n of Egy pt, pe titions for re vie w of a n orde r of the B oa

rd of Im m igration Appe a ls (B IA) de ny ing his a pplic at ion for 

# FIL ED OCT 05 2015 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
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. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3. ** The Honora

ble John R . Tunhe im , C hie f Distric t Judge for the U.S. Distric t C ourt for the Distric t of M inne sota , sitting by de signa tion.Pa ge 2 of 4

a sy lum , withholding of rem ova l, a n d re lie f unde r the C onve ntion Against Torture (C AT). 1. The re c ord doe s not c om pe l the c onc l usion tha

t El Sa id suffe re d pa st pe rse c ution. El Said wa s undoubte dly the ta rge t of thre ats a

nd ha ra ssm e nt, a

nd a
m otorc y c list a

ppa re ntly atte m pte d to run him

down shortly

a fte r the c onc l usion of De te c tive Sa le h’ s tria l. W e c a nnot sa y , howe ve r, tha

t a ll re a sona

b le finde rs of fa c t would de te rm ine tha

t thoseinc ide nts we re so m e n a c i ng or pla c e d El Sa id in suc h fe ar for his lifea s to c a

use “ signific ant a c tua l ‘ suffe ring or ha rm .’ ” Lim v . IN

S , 224 F.3d 929, 936 (9th C ir. 2000) (quoting Sangha v . IN S , 103 F.3d 1482, 1487 (9th C ir. 1997)). Nor doe s the re c ord c om

pe l the c onc lusion tha

t El Sa id’ s trouble s in Egy pt bore a ne xus to a

sta tutorily e num e rate d ground. S

e e 8 U.S.C . § 1101(a)(42)(A). El Sa id he lpe d litiga

te a c i vil suit aga inst onea

busive loc a l offic ia l, De te c tive Sa le h, but did not ta

rge t the “ s y ste m ic nature ” of polic e bruta lity in Egy pt in ge ne ra l. C

f. Hasan v . Ashc roft , 380 F.3d 1114, 1120 (9th C ir. 2004). On this
re c o rd, we c annot sa

y tha t a l l re a sona

ble finde rs of fa c t would c o nc lude tha t the Egy ptia n offic e rs’ a

ppa re nt e nm ity

towa rd El Sa id wa s at le a st pa

rtly on a c c ount of his a c tua l or im

p ute d politic a l opinion. Se e Molina-Morale s v . IN S , 237 F.3d 1048, 1051–52 (9th C ir. 2001).Pa ge 3 of 4

2. W e la c k jurisdic tion ove r El Sa id’ s c la im tha t he suffe re d disc rim ination
on a c c o unt of his me m

be rship in a “ pa

rtic ula r soc ia l group,” nam e ly

attorne y s in Egy pt. This c la i m

wa s not pre se nte d to or de c ide d by the B IA; El Sa id thus c annot
ra ise it he re . Se e 8 U.S.C . § 1252(d)(1); Farhoud v . IN S, 122 F.3d 794, 796 (9th C ir. 1997). 3. Substa ntia l e v ide nc e doe s not support the B IA’ s de nia l of El Sa id’ s C AT
c la im . The B IA he l d tha

t El Sa id e sta

b lishe d “ som e ” like lihood tha t he will be torture d if he is re turne d to Egy pt, but it ultim

ate l y c onc lude d tha

t the like lihood
wa s le s s tha

n fifty pe rc e nt. Ye t the undispute d e vide nc e showe d tha t De te c tive Sa le h, who thre ate ne d in ope n c ourt to kill El Sa id, ha d pre viously

torture d a prisone r in his c ustody by dousing him

with ke rose ne and burning him a live
. Ac c ording to the

im m igration judge , Egy

pt ha s a “ horre ndous” “ re c ord for torture ,” whic h the Gove rnm e nt c onc e de s is “ rife in ordina ry polic e sta

tions.” In
a ddition, a

n e xtra ordina

ry wa rrant wa s issue d for El Sa id’ s arre st, e v e n though he ha s c om m itte d no c rim e , whic h re nde rs it highly like ly tha t he will be tak e n

into polic e c ustody

if he re t urns to Egy

pt. In light of this e

vide nc e , we c o nc lude tha t the re c ord c om

pe l s the c onc lusion tha

t El Sa id is m ore like ly

tha n not to be torture d if re turne d to Egy pt. Se e 8 C .F.R . § 1208.16(c )(2).Pa ge 4 of 4

PE T IT IO N DE NIE D in par t, DISM ISSE D in par t, and G RANT E D in par t. Costs on appe al aw ar de d to Pe titione r .