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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-1241

        GLADIS MERCEDES AMAYA-DIAZ; E.J.A.D.,

                            Petitioners,

                     v.

        MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

                            Respondent.

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

        Submitted: November 20, 2023                                      Decided: January 4, 2024

        Before WYNN and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ON BRIEF: Vincent Rivas-Flores, KONARE LAW, Frederick, Maryland, for Petitioner.
        Brian Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Brianne Whelan Cohen,
        Senior Litigation Counsel, Matthew A. Spurlock, 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        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

              Gladis Mercedes Amaya-Diaz and her minor child, natives and citizens of

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

        Amaya-Diaz’s 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 Amaya-Diaz’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 Amaya-Diaz (B.I.A. Feb. 6, 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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