Sayadyan

MEMORANDUM **

Lilit Sayadyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, entered this country on a visitor’s visa and filed an application for asylum. An immigration judge denied her application, concluding she did not demonstrate that she suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of a protected ground. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed without opinion, so we review the immigration judge’s decision as the final agency decision. See Chete Juarez v. Ashcroft, 376 F.3d 944, 947 (9th Cir.2004).

We deny the petition for review. This case turns on the standard of review. “To reverse the [agency,] we must find that the evidence presented by [Sayadyan] was such that a reasonable fact-finder would be compelled to conclude that [she was] persecuted or had a well-founded fear of persecution” on account of a protected ground. Li v. Ashcroft, 356 F.3d 1153, 1157 (9th Cir.2004) (en banc) (citation omitted). “Phrased differently, [Sayadyan] must demonstrate that any reasonable factfinder would have to conclude that [she suffered past persecution or] has a well-founded fear of persecution.” Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 961 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc)…