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Parties Involved:
Maria Delmis Marquez Guevara
Petitioner
Loretta E. Lynch
Respondent

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2488

MARIA DELMIS MARQUEZ GUEVARA,

Petitioner,

v.

LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Appeals.

Submitted: August 31, 2016 Decided: September 22, 2016

Before DUNCAN, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Petition dismissed in part and denied in part by unpublished per 

curiam opinion.

John T. Riely, Rockville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Benjamin C. 

Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Song Park, 

Senior Litigation Counsel, Surell Brady, Office of Immigration 

Litigation, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 Delmis Marquez Guevara, 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 and

withholding of removal.*

Marquez Guevara challenges the finding that her asylum 

application is time-barred and that no exceptions were 

applicable. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B) (2012); 8 C.F.R. 

§ 1208.4(a)(2) (2016). We lack jurisdiction to review this 

determination pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3) (2012), and find 

that Marquez Guevara has not raised any claims that would fall 

under the exception set forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D) 

(2012). See Gomis v. Holder, 571 F.3d 353, 358-59 (4th Cir. 

2009). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for review with 

respect to the asylum claim.

To the extent Marquez Guevara challenges the Board’s 

finding that she failed to establish eligibility for withholding 

of removal, we conclude that the record evidence does not compel 

a ruling contrary to any of the agency’s factual findings, see 8 

U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that substantial evidence 

 * Marquez Guevara does not raise any claims regarding the 

denial of protection under the Convention Against Torture.

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supports the Board’s decision, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 

478, 481 (1992). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review 

in part for the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Marquez 

Guevara (B.I.A. Oct. 28, 2015). 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 DISMISSED IN PART

AND DENIED IN PART

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