Candelario Lara v. Eric Holder, Jr. , 549 F. App'x 198 ( 2013 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-1639
CANDELARIO LARA, a/k/a Lara Candelario,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: December 17, 2013 Decided: December 31, 2013
Before MOTZ, DUNCAN, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ronald D. Richey, LAW OFFICE OF RONALD D. RICHEY, Rockville,
Maryland, for Petitioner. Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney
General, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., Assistant Director, Joanna L.
Watson, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Candelario Lara, a native and citizen of El Salvador,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) dismissing his appeal from the immigration
judge’s denial of his requests for Temporary Protected Status
(“TPS”), asylum, withholding of removal and withholding under
the Convention Against Torture. We have thoroughly reviewed the
record, including the transcript of Lara’s merits hearing and
the supporting evidence. We conclude that the record evidence
does not compel a ruling contrary to the Board’s dismissal. See
8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2006); INS v. Elias–Zacarias, 502 U.S.
478, 481 (1992). We further conclude that Lara was statutorily
ineligible for TPS relief as a result of his two misdemeanor
convictions. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(c)(2)(B). We find no merit
to his claim that he is eligible for an exception because the
two convictions arose from a single scheme of criminal conduct.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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