Krijanovskaja

MEMORANDUM **

Antonina Krijanovskaja petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of her application for asylum. We focus our review on the IJ’s decision because the BIA explicitly adopted the IJ’s decision. See Popova v. INS, 273 F.3d 1251, 1257 (9th Cir.2001). The BIA’s decision must be reversed if the evidence would compel a reasonable factfinder to conclude that the requisite persecution or fear has been demonstrated. See Salazar-Paucar v. INS, 281 F.3d 1069, 1073 (9th Cir.2002), amended by, No. 99-71306, 2002 WL 927124 , at *1 (9th Cir. May 9, 2002). Because the IJ failed to make an adverse credibility finding, the petitioner’s testimony is accepted as true. See id.

Ms. Krijanovskaja testified that she was threatened and physically assaulted on several occasions because of her Jewish identity. On one occasion, two men grabbed her by her arms, pushed her so that she hit her head on the ground, tied her arms behind her back, and drew a yellow Star of David on her vest. On another occasion, three men attacked her near the entrance to her apartment building. One of these men grabbed her dress, pushed…