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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-2048

        ANA ISABEL BUESO; G.R.P.B.,

                             Petitioners,

                      v.

        MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

                             Respondent.

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

        Submitted: November 9, 2023                                       Decided: January 9, 2024

        Before NIEMEYER and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        ON BRIEF:        Payman A. Habib, SHERMAN-STOLTZ LAW GROUP PLLC,
        Waynesboro, Virginia, for Petitioners. Brian Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant
        Attorney General, Sheri R. Glaser, Senior Litigation Counsel, Jenny C. Lee, Trial Attorney,
        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        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

               Ana Isabel Bueso and her minor son, natives and citizens of Honduras, petition for

        review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing their appeal from the

        immigration judge’s decision denying Bueso’s applications for asylum, withholding of

        removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).              We have

        thoroughly reviewed the record and conclude that substantial evidence supports the

        agency’s findings that Bueso did not establish that the Honduran government was unable

        or unwilling to protect her from her abuser or that she was a member of her particular social

        group. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992) (noting that review of factual

        findings is for substantial evidence). We further conclude that substantial evidence

        supports the agency’s denial of protection under the CAT. Accordingly, we deny the

        petition for review.

                                                                               PETITION DENIED

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