Kacso

MEMORANDUM **

Tunde Maria Kacso (“Petitioner”), a citizen of Romania, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The BIA’s decision was based on the IJ’s determination that Petitioner’s contentions of oppression were not credible. The only issue on appeal is whether substantial evidence supports the adverse credibility determination that led the BIA to affirm the IJ’s determination.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and deny the petition for review.

This Court reviews the BIA’s credibility determinations under the “substantial evidence standard.” Tawadrus v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1099, 1102 (9th Cir.2004). Under this standard, the administrative findings of fact are conclusive unless the evidence not only supports an opposite conclusion, but compels it. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 484 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Kaur v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1061, 1064 (9th Cir.2005). 2 Thus, Petitioner will only prevail if this Court finds Petitioner’s evidence “so…