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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-1782
ODELIS DEL CARMEN PINEDA-DE PORTILLO,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: January 28, 2022 Decided: February 9, 2022
Before WYNN and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: John J. Garzon, THE LAW OFFICE OF JOHN J. GARZON, Sunnyside, New
York, for Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Anthony C.
Payne, Assistant Director, Jessica D. Strokus, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Odelis Del Carmen Pineda-De Portillo, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions
for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) denying her motion
for reconsideration. In her opening brief, Pineda-De Portillo does not address the Board's
reasons for denying reconsideration. We therefore conclude that Pineda-De Portillo has
abandoned any such claim on review. See Suarez-Valenzuela v. Holder, 714 F.3d 241,
248-49 (4th Cir. 2013) (except in rare cases, failure to raise issue in opening brief
constitutes abandonment of issue). Accordingly, because the Board’s order denying
reconsideration is unchallenged, we dismiss the petition for review. 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 DISMISSED
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