Case Name: Mohammed Kafiullah KHAN; Feroza Kahn; Nazli Khan; Faizan Khan; Usman Khan, Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-03-09
Citations: 714 F. App'x 763
Docket Number: No. 11-71747
Parties: Mohammed Kafiullah KHAN; Feroza Kahn; Nazli Khan; Faizan Khan; Usman Khan, Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and BENCIVENGO, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 714
Pages: 763–764

Head Matter:
Mohammed Kafiullah KHAN; Feroza Kahn; Nazli Khan; Faizan Khan; Usman Khan, Petitioners, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 11-71747
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 6, 2018 Seattle, Washington
Filed March 09, 2018
William Frick, Law Office of William Frick, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners
Donald A. Couvillon, Esquire, Attorney, Juria L. Jones, Trial Attorney, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent l
Before: RAWLINSON and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and BENCIVENGO, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Cathy Ann Bencivengo, United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Muhammad Kafiullah Khan, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying his motion to reopen based on a change in country conditions in Pakistan after the date of Khan's asylum hearing. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, we affirm. See Martinez-Hernandez v. Holder, 778 F.3d 1086, 1088 (9th Cir. 2015) (reviewing the denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion).
The BIA denied the motion to reopen primarily on the basis that the motion was based on "incidents or threats that occurred prior to [Khan's] departure from Pakistan." See Ramirez-Munoz v. Lynch, 816 F.3d 1226, 1229 (9th Cir. 2016) (noting that the petitioner must demonstrate "that circumstances have changed sufficiently that a petitioner who previously did not have a legitimate claim for asylum now has a well-founded fear of future persecution") (emphasis added) (citation omitted).
The BIA also noted that the news articles submitted by Khan reported recent incidents of violence at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, with no showing that these incidents relate in any way to Khan or his family members. See id. (concluding that evidence of general violence does not suffice to establish changed country conditions directed toward the group of which the petitioner is a member). We cannot say that this determination by the BIA was arbitrary, irrational or contrary to law. See Martinez-Hernandez, 778 F.3d at 1088.
PETITION DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
. The claims of Khan's wife and children are derivative of his claim and succeed or fail accordingly.