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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 22-1188

        JUAN ANGEL HERNANDEZ-BENITEZ; A.A.H.D,

                            Petitioners,

                     v.

        MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

                            Respondent.

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

        Submitted: December 14, 2022                                         Decided: June 8, 2023

        Before RICHARDSON and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ON BRIEF: Kevin P. Dougherty, LAW FIRM OF RUIZ DOUGHERTY, Herndon,
        Virginia, for Petitioners. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
        Mary Jane Candaux, Assistant Director, Dawn S. Conrad, 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        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

              Juan Angel Hernandez-Benitez and his minor child, natives and citizens of

        Honduras, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board)

        dismissing Hernandez-Benitez’s appeal from the Immigration Judge’s decision denying

        his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention

        Against Torture (CAT). We have thoroughly reviewed the record 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 for the reasons stated by the Board. In re Hernandez-Benitez (B.I.A. Jan. 25,

        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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