Evelyn Galdamez-Leon v. Merrick Garland ( 2021 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-1744
EVELYN JEAMILETH GALDAMEZ-LEON,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: March 18, 2021 Decided: April 2, 2021
Before AGEE, THACKER, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Evelyn Jeamileth Galdamez-Leon, Petitioner Pro Se. Leslie McKay, Senior Litigation
Counsel, Aaron David Nelson, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Evelyn Jeamileth Galdamez-Leon, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) dismissing her appeal
from the immigration judge’s denial of her requests for asylum, withholding of removal,
and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have thoroughly reviewed the
record, including the transcript of Galdamez-Leon’s merits hearing and all supporting
evidence. We discern no legal error in the agency’s holding that Galdamez-Leon did not
advance a cognizable particular social group. We further conclude that the record evidence
does not compel a ruling contrary to any of the administrative factual findings, see 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252(b)(4)(B), and that substantial evidence supports the denial of relief in this case, see
INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992); Dankam v. Gonzales, 495 F. 3d 113, 124
(4th Cir. 2007). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the
Board. In re Galdamez-Leon (B.I.A. June 8, 2020). 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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