UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-1594
ASHISH SHRESTHA,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: February 18, 2016 Decided: March 15, 2016
Before AGEE and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kevin H. Knutson, Sacramento, California, for Petitioner.
Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant, Derek C. Julius,
Senior Litigation Counsel, Andrew B. Insenga, Nelle M. Seymour,
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Ashish Shrestha, a native and citizen of Nepal, petitions
for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
(Board) dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s
denial of his requests for asylum and withholding of removal. *
We have reviewed the administrative record, including the
transcript of Shrestha’s merits hearing, the applications for
relief, and all supporting evidence. We conclude that the
record evidence does not compel a ruling contrary to any of the
administrative findings of fact, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B)
(2012), and that substantial evidence supports the Board’s
decision to uphold the denial of the applications for relief.
See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 (1992). We
accordingly deny the petition for review for the reasons stated
by the Board. See In re: Shrestha (B.I.A. May 7, 2015). We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
*Shreshtha failed to challenge the agency’s denial of his
request for protection under the Convention Against Torture. He
has therefore waived appellate review of this claim. See
Suarez-Valenzuela v. Holder, 714 F.3d 241, 248-49 (4th Cir.
2013).
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contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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