Opinion ID: 697759
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Shooting of Ramos-Vasquez

Text: 11 The BIA did not abuse its discretion in finding that the shooting of Ramos-Vasquez by a soldier who mistook him for his father does not constitute evidence of persecution. While we have held that acts of violence against a petitioner's friends or family members may establish a well-founded fear, notwithstanding an utter lack of persecution against the petitioner herself[,] [w]e have required ... that this violence create a pattern of persecution closely tied to the petitioner. Allegations of isolated violence are not enough. Arriaga-Barrientos v. INS, 937 F.2d 411, 414 (9th Cir.1991) (citation omitted). Because Ramos-Vasquez has not argued that the shooting was in any way due to his own political opinion, we agree with the BIA that [a] case of mistaken identity, at least under these circumstances, is not tantamount to persecution.