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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                      No. 17-1436

GRECIA DEL CARMEN MONJARAS-ROMERO,

                    Petitioner,

             v.

JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,

                    Respondent.

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

Submitted: November 21, 2017                                Decided: December 14, 2017

Before DUNCAN, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edmundo G. Rogers, U.S. IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS, LLC, Lauderhill, Florida, for
Petitioner. Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, John S. Hogan, Assistant
Director, Todd J. Cochran, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

       Grecia del Carmen Monjaras-Romero, 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. * We have thoroughly reviewed the record, including the transcript of Monjaras-

Romero’s merits hearing and all supporting evidence. We conclude that the record

evidence does not compel a ruling contrary to any of the administrative factual findings,

see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012), and that substantial evidence supports the Board’s

decision, see INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992).

       We have also considered the various bases for Monjaras-Romero’s claim that the

immigration judge’s conduct at the merits hearing violated her due process rights and find

no error in the Board’s conclusion that Monjaras-Romero failed to show that the

immigration judge was biased or that she did not receive a full or fair hearing. See 8 U.S.C.

§ 1229a(b)(1) (2012) (giving immigration judges authority to “interrogate, examine, and

cross-examine the alien and any witnesses”); Rusu v. INS, 296 F.3d 316, 321-22 (4th Cir.

2002) (providing that an alien must be “accorded an opportunity to be heard at a meaningful

time and in a meaningful manner, i.e., . . . [to] receive a full and fair hearing on [her]

claims”).

       *
       Monjaras-Romero does not challenge the denial of her request for protection under
the Convention Against Torture and has therefore waived appellate review. See
Ngarurih v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 182, 189 n.7 (4th Cir. 2004).

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       We therefore deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board. In re

Monjaras-Romero (B.I.A. Mar. 10, 2017). 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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