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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-1165

        EFRAIN A. HERRERA GUEVARA,

                            Petitioner,

                     v.

        MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

                            Respondent.

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

        Submitted: November 30, 2023                                Decided: December 29, 2023

        Before THACKER and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ON BRIEF: Anser Ahmad, AHMAD AND ASSOCIATES, McLean, Virginia, for
        Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Anthony C.
        Payne, Assistant Director, Jeffery R. Leist, 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        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

               Efrain Herrera Guevara, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of

        an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the Immigration

        Judge’s denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under

        the Convention Against Torture. We have reviewed the record and Herrera Guevara’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 Herrera Guevara (B.I.A. Feb. 1, 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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