UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-1112
JOSE MEJIA MEMBRENO,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: March 16, 2022 Decided: April 6, 2022
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Arnedo S. Valera, LAW OFFICES OF VALERA & ASSOCIATES, Fairfax,
Virginia, for Petitioner. Brian Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Anthony P.
Nicastro, Assistant Director, Matthew B. George, Senior Litigation Counsel, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jose Mejia Membreno, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of
an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) dismissing his appeal from the
Immigration Judge’s decision denying his requests for withholding of removal and
protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have thoroughly reviewed the record
and conclude that the evidence does not compel a ruling contrary to any of the
administrative factual findings, see 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 for the reasons stated by the Board. See In
re Mejia Membreno (B.I.A. Dec. 31, 2020). 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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