Onoufrienko

MEMORANDUM ***

Valentina Onoufrienko, a Jewish citizen of Russia, petitions for review of a final *605 order of the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which affirmed, without opinion, the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) decision to deny her her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We thus review the IJ’s decision as the final agency determination, 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1 (a)(7), and affirm.

The IJ denied Onoufrienko’s applications for asylum and withholding of deportation based on an adverse credibility finding. We review this finding under the substantial evidence standard, and it must be upheld “ ‘unless the evidence presented compels a reasonable factfinder to reach a contrary result.’ ” De Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 F.3d 391 , 393 (9th Cir.1997). Onoufrienko’s asylum claim was predicated upon her assertion that her activities with Ravenstvo, a group she formed to promote Jewish civil rights, subjected her to past persecution. She claims that as a result of these activities, she was detained repeatedly, suffered multiple miscarriages, lost her job, and her second husband was killed.

The IJ found that Onoufrienko’s testimony regarding many of these central aspects…