Efrain Herrera Guevara v. Merrick Garland ( 2023 )

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-1165
EFRAIN A. HERRERA GUEVARA,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: November 30, 2023 Decided: December 29, 2023
Before THACKER and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Anser Ahmad, AHMAD AND ASSOCIATES, McLean, Virginia, for
Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Anthony C.
Payne, Assistant Director, Jeffery R. Leist, Senior Litigation Counsel, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Efrain Herrera Guevara, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of
an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the Immigration
Judge’s denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under
the Convention Against Torture. We have reviewed the record and Herrera Guevara’s
claims and conclude that the 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, see INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. In re Herrera Guevara (B.I.A. Feb. 1, 2023).
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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