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Parties Involved:
Maria Santana Escobar-Aguinada
Petitioner
Merrick B. Garland
Respondent

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-1158

MARIA SANTANA ESCOBAR-AGUINADA,

 Petitioner,

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

 Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Submitted: December 19, 2023 Decided: January 17, 2024

Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: Ronald D. Richey, LAW OFFICE OF RONALD D. RICHEY, Rockville, 

Maryland, for Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 

Holly M. Smith, Assistant Director, Remi O. Da Rocha-Afodu, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

Maria Santana Escobar-Aguinada, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for 

review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing her appeal from the 

Immigration Judge’s denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and 

protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have reviewed the record and 

Escobar-Aguinada’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 Escobar-Aguinada

(B.I.A. Jan. 27, 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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