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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-1158

        MARIA SANTANA ESCOBAR-AGUINADA,

                            Petitioner,

                     v.

        MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

                            Respondent.

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

        Submitted: December 19, 2023                                      Decided: January 17, 2024

        Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ON BRIEF: Ronald D. Richey, LAW OFFICE OF RONALD D. RICHEY, Rockville,
        Maryland, for Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
        Holly M. Smith, Assistant Director, Remi O. Da Rocha-Afodu, 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        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

               Maria Santana Escobar-Aguinada, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for

        review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing her 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

        Escobar-Aguinada’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 Escobar-Aguinada

        (B.I.A. Jan. 27, 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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