Keydy Betzabe Vasquez-Castro; K.k.l.v v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-1285
KEYDY BETZABE VASQUEZ-CASTRO; K.K.L.V,
Petitioners,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: October 20, 2023 Decided: November 1, 2023
Before WYNN, RUSHING, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Joseph A. Devamithran, LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH A. DEVAMITHRAN,
Woodbridge, Virginia, for Petitioners. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Anthony C. Payne, Assistant Director, Jeffery R. Leist, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Keydy Betzabe Vasquez-Castro and her minor son, natives and citizens of
Honduras, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”)
dismissing their appeal from the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying Vasquez-
Castro’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the
Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).∗ We deny the petition for review.
We have reviewed the administrative record, including the transcript of the merits
hearing and all supporting evidence, and considered the arguments pressed on appeal in
conjunction with the record and the relevant authorities. We first conclude that the record
evidence does not compel a ruling contrary to any of the agency’s factual findings, see 8
U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B), and that substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility
finding, Munyakazi v. Lynch, 829 F.3d 291, 298 (4th Cir. 2016) (stating standard of
review). The asylum applicant’s credibility is “often paramount,” and an adverse
credibility finding “generally dooms an asylum claim[.]” Herrera-Alcala v. Garland, 39
F.4th 233, 245 (4th Cir. 2022). With regard to the denial of Vasquez-Castro’s application
for CAT relief, we conclude that substantial evidence supports the relevant factual findings
and the agency committed no legal error. See Ibarra Chevez v. Garland, 31 F.4th 279, 288
(4th Cir. 2022) (stating standard of review).
∗ Vasquez-Castro’s son was a derivative asylum applicant. See 8 U.S.C.
§ 1158(b)(3)(A).

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Accordingly, we deny 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 DENIED

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