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Jane Inye FUBARA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 05-73537.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 2009.
    Filed Nov. 20, 2009.
    Jorge Rodriquez-Choi, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.
    Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Richard M. Evans, Esq., Paul Fiorino, Esq., DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before: HUG, RYMER and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
   MEMORANDUM

Jane Inye Fubara, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of a final decision issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of cancellation of removal from the United States. We deny the petition for review.

“Where, as here, the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision while adding its own reasons, we review both decisions.” Katana v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.2000). Credibility findings by the IJ and the BIA are reviewed for substantial evidence. Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 861 (9th Cir.1995). To reverse the BIA’s findings, the court must find that the evidence not only supports the opposite conclusion, but compels it. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992); Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir.1998).

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s credibility determination that Fubara’s marriage was not bona fide and that Fu-bara is thus deportable. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(G). Among other evidence, the IJ relied on a sworn statement to the INS by Fubara’s ex-husband, Daryl Willis, acknowledging that Fubara had paid Willis as much as $1,000 to marry her as well as Fubara’s admission that her visa petition was denied by the INS on this ground. Furthermore, the IJ found Fubara’s affidavits regarding her married life with Willis inconsistent with those of Willis. Finally, the IJ noted that according to Fubara’s own testimony, there were a number of people who could have testified that the marriage was bona fide, if this were the case, but that none appeared in court to do so. Accordingly, the IJ did not need to reach the battered spouse argument covered by 8 U.S.C. § § 1229b(b)(2). In addition, Fubara has not shown that Dr. Aron’s failure to testify at the hearing had the potential for affecting the outcome of the proceedings. United States v. Cerda-Pena, 799 F.2d 1374, 1379 (9th Cir.1986). In short, no evidence compels a different result than that reached by the IJ and BIA. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.