Yan Yun Shi v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-1390
YAN YUN SHI,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: October 31, 2023 Decided: November 9, 2023
Before NIEMEYER, RICHARDSON, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Alexa Torres, LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD TARZIA, Belle Mead, New
Jersey, for Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Brianne Whelan Cohen, Senior Litigation Counsel, Nicole Thomas-Dorris, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Yan Yun Shi, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, petitions for
review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) dismissing her appeal
from the immigration judge’s decision denying her applications for asylum and
withholding of removal. 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 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). We also conclude that the Board did
not err in not considering whether Shi’s asylum application was timely filed and in finding
that the immigration judge’s citation to an incorrect standard was harmless error.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. We deny as moot the joint motion to submit
the petition on the briefs without oral argument. We conclude that 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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