Case Name: Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Aziz EINO, AKA Ahmed Mohamed, AKA Ahmed Mohamed Eino, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-05-09
Citations: 690 F. App'x 46
Docket Number: 15-3507
Parties: Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Aziz EINO, AKA Ahmed Mohamed, AKA Ahmed Mohamed Eino, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: PIERRE N. LEVAL, JOSÉ A. CABRANES, GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 690
Pages: 46–48

Head Matter:
Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Aziz EINO, AKA Ahmed Mohamed, AKA Ahmed Mohamed Eino, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, United States Attorney General, Respondent.
15-3507
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
May 9, 2017
FOR PETITIONER: Justin Conlon, Hartford, C.T.
FOR RESPONDENT: Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Leslie McKay, Assistant Director; Jessica A. Dawgert, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
PRESENT: PIERRE N. LEVAL, JOSÉ A. CABRANES, GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Aziz Eino, a native and citizen of Egypt, seeks review of an October 6, 2015, decision of the BIA, affirming an April 2, 2014,- decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ") denying Eino's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). In re Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Aziz Eino, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Oct. 6, 2015), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. Hartford Apr. 2, 2014). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case.
Because the BIA affirmed the IJ's decision without opinion, we have reviewed "the IJ's decision as the final agency determination." Shunfu Li v. Mukasey, 529 F.3d 141, 146 (2d Cir. 2008). The applicable standards of review are well established. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); Yanqin Weng v. Holder, 562 F.3d 510, 513 (2d Cir. 2009).
Eino concedes that he did not suffer past persecution and does not press the denial of withholding of removal or CAT relief. Accordingly, the only issue before us is whether the agency erred in concluding that Eino failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution as required for asylum. It did not.
To establish a well-founded fear of persecution, an applicant must show "that he subjectively fears persecution" and that "his fear is objectively reasonable." Ramsameachire v. Ashcroft, 357 F.3d 169, 178 (2d Cir. 2004). "An asylum applicant can show a well-founded fear of future persecution in two ways: (1) by demonstrating that he or she 'would be singled out individually for persecution' if returned, or (2) by proving the existence of a 'pattern or practice in [the] . country of nationality . of persecution of a group of persons similarly situated to the applicant' and establishing his or her 'own inclusion in, and identification with, such group.'" Y.C. v. Holder, 741 F.3d 324, 332 (2d Cir. 2013) (quoting 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(2)(iii)).
The IJ did not err in finding that Eino failed to show a reasonable possibility that he would be singled out individually for persecution in Egypt. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(b)(2)(iii); Jian Xing Huang v. U.S. INS, 421 F.3d 125, 129 (2d Cir. 2005) ("In the absence of solid support in the record ., [an applicant's] fear is speculative at best."). Eino testified generally that the situation in Egypt was "very bad," C.A.R. 110, but also confessed that he could not identify a specific group or person in Egypt that would harm him. He also described an incident in which his father found himself in the middle of an altercation between the police and the Muslim Brotherhood, and another incident in which his brother was hit with teargas when leaving work. As the IJ found, he did not know who hit his father. Moreover, he did not give any further information regarding his brother. On these facts, the IJ reasonably concluded that there was no evidence Eino would be singled out for persecution in Egypt.
The IJ also reasonably concluded that Eino had not established that liberal Muslims face persecution in Egypt. See Jian Xing Huang, 421 F.3d at 129; In re A-M-, 23 I. & N. Dec. 737, 741 (BIA 2005) (defining pattern or practice as "systemic or pervasive" persecution of a group); see also Mufied v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 88, 92-93 (2d Cir. 2007); Santoso v. Holder, 580 F.3d 110, 112 & n.1 (2d Cir. 2009). That finding is supported by the record. The State Department's 2013 Human Rights Report describes general turmoil following the military's removal of President Mohamed Morsy, a Muslim Brotherhood member. While the report states that Mor-sy and his agents "committed arbitrary or unlawful killings," C.A.R. 172, it does not specify whether they targeted specific groups. And while some articles in the record reference an extremist view that liberal Muslims are considered "infidels," C.A.R. 168, they do not indicate that liberal Muslims are targeted for persecution. Significantly, Eino testified that members of his own family share in his liberal views, yet remain in Egypt unharmed. Accordingly, the agency reasonably concluded that Eino failed to demonstrate a pattern and practice of persecution of liberal Muslims in Egypt. See Santoso, 580 F.3d at 112 & n.1.
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.