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Parties Involved:
Sergio Gamez-Ruiz
Petitioner
Merrick B. Garland
Respondent

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-2304

SERGIO GAMEZ-RUIZ,

 Petitioner,

v.

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

 Respondent.

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

Submitted: October 18, 2024 Decided: January 14, 2025

Before RUSHING and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: Ivan Yacub, YACUB LAW OFFICES, LLC, Woodbridge, Virginia, for 

Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, John S. 

Hogan, Assistant Director, Lindsay Corliss, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

Sergio Gamez-Ruiz, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an order 

of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) denying his motion to reopen. We review a 

decision denying reopening for abuse of discretion and will grant the petition only if the 

Board’s decision is “arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law.” Garcia Hernandez v. 

Garland, 27 F.4th 263, 266 (4th Cir. 2022) (internal quotation marks omitted). We have 

reviewed the administrative record and Gamez-Ruiz’s claims and find no abuse of 

discretion. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. See In re Gamez-Ruiz (B.I.A. 

Dec. 4, 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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