Francisco

MEMORANDUM **

Imelda Cabigao Francisco, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s (“U”) decision denying her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We apply the transitional rules under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, and we have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). See Rodriguez-Lariz v. INS, 282 F.3d 1218, 1222-23 (9th Cir. 2002). We review the IJ’s decision as the final agency determination, Falcon Car-riche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003), and we will reverse the BIA’s determination only if the petitioner shows that the evidence compels such a result, Ochave v. INS, 254 F.3d 859, 862 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Francisco did not establish past persecution because the harassment Francisco allegedly received from the New People’s Army (“NPA”) and the Moro National Liberation Front (“MNLF”) was limited to sporadic threats, and Francisco offered no evidence that would compel a fact-finder to conclude that the two groups’ efforts to…