Christina
Christina v. Mukasey
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Kadek Yessay Christina, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention against Torture (“CAT”). In a consolidated case, Christina petitions for review of the BIA’s order denying her motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We deny the petitions.
We review for substantial evidence and uphold the denial of relief unless the evidence presented was “so compelling that no reasonable fact finder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 484 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We re *142 view for abuse of discretion the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen. See Movsisian v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1095, 1098 (9th Cir. 2005).
Christina argues that the IJ’s determination that she lacked credibility with regard to the timing of the attack and the behavior of her attackers was based solely on speculation. We need not consider that issue, because we uphold the IJ’s alternative finding that even if…