Nigisti Woldehawariat Betow v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-1761
NIGISTI WOLDEHAWARIAT BETOW,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: February 25, 2014 Decided: March 6, 2014
Before KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Alan M. Parra, LAW OFFICE OF ALAN M. PARRA, Silver Spring,
Maryland, for Petitioner. Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney
General, Francis W. Fraser, E. Tayo Otunla, Office of
Immigration Litigation, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Nigisti Woldehawariat Betow, a native of Eritrea and a
citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”) dismissing her appeal
from the immigration judge’s decision finding Betow ineligible
for adjustment of status as an alien who knowingly made a
frivolous application for asylum. Based on our review of the
record, we conclude that substantial evidence supports the
agency’s finding that Betow knowingly filed a frivolous asylum
application. See Matter of Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 151, 155-60
(B.I.A. 2007). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for
the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Betow, (B.I.A. May
23, 2013). 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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