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139 F.3d 907
NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.Kira PASHUTINA, Petitioner,v.Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent.
No. 97-70574.INS No. Akb-vzf-cge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 9, 1998**.Decided Feb. 23, 1998.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Before PREGERSON, CANBY and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

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MEMORANDUM*

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Kira R. Pashutina, a native and citizen of Russia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of her appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation.  We deny the petition for review.

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Where the BIA adopts the decision of the immigration judge, we review the IJ's findings.  See Campos-Granillo v. INS, 12 F.3d 849, 852 (9th Cir.1994).  The IJ's determination that Pashutina failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution in Russia on account of her political opinion was supported by substantial evidence.  See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).  Because Pashutina failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, she also failed to satisfy the higher standard required for withholding of deportation.  See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir.1995).

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PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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 The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument.  See Fed.  R.App. P. 34(a);  9th Cir.  R. 34-4

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 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir.  R. 36-3