UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-1871
MARIA LETICIA GUZMAN PINEDA,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: February 10, 2015 Decided: February 20, 2015
Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Hugo Cesar Castro, Rockville, Maryland, for Petitioner. Joyce
R. Branda, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Leslie McKay,
Assistant Director, Kristofer R. McDonald, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Maria Leticia Guzman Pineda, 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 application for cancellation
of removal.
We review legal issues de novo, “affording appropriate
deference to the [Board]’s interpretation of the [Immigration
and Nationality Act] and any attendant regulations.” Li Fang
Lin v. Mukasey, 517 F.3d 685, 691-92 (4th Cir. 2008).
Administrative findings of fact are conclusive unless any
reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the
contrary. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B) (2012). We defer to the
Board’s factual findings under the substantial evidence rule.
Anim v. Mukasey, 535 F.3d 243, 252 (4th Cir. 2008).
Upon review, we agree that Pineda’s conviction for
forgery of a public record was a crime involving moral
turpitude, which rendered her ineligible for cancellation of
removal. We therefore uphold the agency’s decision and deny the
petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board. See In
re: Pineda (B.I.A. Aug. 7, 2014). We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
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presented in the materials before this court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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