[T][U] Mun Sami v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

MEMORANDUM* Petitioner Mun Sami challenges a final order of deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). We affirm the BIA's decision upholding the immigration Judge's order finding appellant to be deportable and denying his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. We uphold the BIA's determination unless the evidence compels a contrary Conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84, 112 S. Ct. 812, 816-17, 117 L. Ed. 2d 38 (1992). It does not do so in this case. We agree with the BIA's Conclusion that the petitioner's testimony concerning his problems in Fiji was not ""sufficiently detailed or consistent to satisfy his burden of proving that he has a well-founded fear of persecution."" Petitioner presented only generalized evidence of repeated ""questionings."" This type of discrimination is not equivalent to individualized persecution and does not satisfy the well-founded fear standard. Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 339 (9th Cir. 1995) (""Brief detention does not necessarily establish persecution."").