Matthew Miles Babb v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-1973
MATTHEW MILES BABB,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals.
Submitted: September 23, 2013 Decided: October 3, 2013
Before GREGORY, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Matthew Miles Babb, Petitioner Pro Se. David H. Wetmore, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Matthew Miles Babb, a native and citizen of Guyana,
petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) dismissing his appeal from the immigration
judge’s denial of his application for deferral of removal under
the Convention Against Torture.
Because Babb fails to raise any challenges in his
informal brief to the agency’s denial of his request for
deferral of removal, we find that he has failed to preserve any
issues for review. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b) (directing appealing
parties to present specific arguments in an informal brief and
stating that this court’s review on appeal is limited to the
issues raised in the informal brief); cf. Wahi v. Charleston
Area Med. Ctr., Inc., 562 F.3d 599, 607 (4th Cir. 2009)
(limiting appellate review to arguments raised in the brief in
accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(9)(A)).
Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the
reasons stated by the Board. See In re: Babb (B.I.A. July 2,
2013). We deny Babb’s pending motion for stay of removal as
moot. 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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