Kira Pashutina, Petitioner, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent, 139 F.3d 907 (9th Cir. 1998)

MEMORANDUM^* 

Kira R. Pashutina, a native and citizen of Russia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review.

Where the BIA adopts the decision of the immigration judge, we review the IJ's findings. See Campos-Granillo v. INS, 12 F.3d 849, 852 (9th Cir. 1994). The IJ's determination that Pashutina failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution in Russia on account of her political opinion was supported by substantial evidence. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S. Ct. 812, 117 L. Ed. 2d 38 (1992). Because Pashutina failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, she also failed to satisfy the higher standard required for withholding of deportation. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir. 1995).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.