Santa Villanueva Guerrero v. Eric Holder, Jr., No. 14-1744 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1744 SANTA ESPERANZA VILLANUEVA GUERRERO, Petitioner, v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: November 14, 2014 Decided: November 26, 2014 Before SHEDD, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Santa Esperanza Villanueva Guerrero, Petitioner Pro Se. Michael Christopher Heyse, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Santa Esperanza Villanueva Guerrero, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) dismissing her appeal removable. from the immigration judge’s order finding her We deny the petition for review. In her pro se informal brief, Guerrero contends her counsel was ineffective and that her removal would be an extreme hardship to her children. Because she does not challenge the Board’s conclusion that she was removable, the issue is waived. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Guerrero’s issues in her informal brief were not raised on appeal to the Board. Because she failed to exhaust the issues, we are without jurisdiction to review them. See Asika v. Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 264, 267 n.3 (4th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, dispense with contentions are oral we deny argument adequately the petition because presented in the the for facts review. We and legal materials before this court, and argument would not aid the decisional process. PETITION DENIED 2

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