Antonieta Romero-Diaz v. Merrick Garland

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-2155
ANTONIETA MARTA ROMERO-DIAZ; W.A.E.,
Petitioners,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: April 20, 2023 Decided: April 24, 2023
Before KING and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Eric H. Kirchman, KIRCHMAN & KIRCHMAN, Rockville, Maryland, for
Petitioners. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Shelley R.
Goad, Assistant Director, Monica G. Antoun, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Petitioners Antonieta Marta Romero-Diaz and her minor son, W.A.E., natives and
citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
denying Romero-Diaz’s motion for reconsideration of the Board’s prior order affirming
the immigration judge’s oral decision denying all forms of relief. Upon review of the
record, we discern no abuse of discretion in the Board’s rationale for denying the motion
to reconsider. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a) (2022); Mejia-Velasquez v. Garland, 26 F.4th 193,
205 (4th Cir. 2022) (providing standard of review and explaining that the Board abuses its
discretion only if it “acted arbitrarily, irrationally, or contrary to law” (internal quotation
marks omitted)). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. See In re Romero-Diaz
(B.I.A. Oct. 12, 2022). 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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