Gelver Vasquez Chilel v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-1716
GELVER VASQUEZ CHILEL,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: March 16, 2023 Decided: March 20, 2023
Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Mark J. Devine, Charleston, South Carolina, for Petitioner. Brian M.
Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Song Park, Senior Litigation
Counsel, Brandon T. Callahan, Trial Attorney, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Gelver Vasquez Chilel, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an
order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the immigration
judge’s oral decision denying Vasquez Chilel’s applications for asylum and withholding
of removal.∗ Upon review of the administrative record in conjunction with the arguments
advanced in this court, we are satisfied that the record evidence does not compel a ruling
contrary to any of the administrative factual findings, see 8 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. In re Vasquez Chilel (B.I.A. June 10, 2022). 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
∗ Vasquez Chilel does not challenge the denial of his request for protection under
the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Accordingly, this issue is waived. See Fed. R.
App. P. 28(a)(8)(A); Cortez-Mendez v. Whitaker, 912 F.3d 205, 208 (4th Cir. 2019)
(explaining that petitioner’s failure to address the denial of CAT relief waives the issue).

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