Ortega Yaguachi v. Bondi

── Ortega Yaguachi v. Bondi ── Case No.: 23-8000 Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: March 18, 2026 Category: General 23-8000 Ortega Yaguachi v. Bondi BIA Christensen, IJ A220 574 542 A240 479 375/376 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 18th day of March, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: GERARD E. LYNCH, ALISON J. NATHAN, SARAH A. L. MERRIAM, Circuit Judges. _____________________________________ MARIA DELFINA ORTEGA YAGUACHI, MARCO GEOVANNY QUINCHI ORTEGA, J.M.Q.O., 1 Petitioners, 1 We use only initials to refer to the minor petitioner in this publicly accessible order, consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(a)(3) and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 25(a)(5).  v. 23-8000 NAC PAMELA BONDI, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. 2 _____________________________________ FOR PETITIONERS: Matthew Krein, MacMurray & Associates, New York, NY. FOR RESPONDENT: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Anthony C. Payne, Assistant Director; Raya Jarawan, Trial Attorney; Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC. UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review is DENIED. Petitioners Maria Delfina Ortega Yaguachi and her children, all natives and citizens of Ecuador, seek review of a November 14, 2023, decision of the BIA affirming a January 12, 2023, decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ” and, together with the “BIA,” “the agency”) denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 2 The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the official case caption to conform to the caption above. 2 under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Ortega-Yaguachi, et al., Nos. A 220 574 542, A 240 479 375/376 (B.I.A. Nov. 14, 2023), aff’g Nos. A 220 574 542, A 240 479 375/376 (Immigr. Ct. N.Y.C. Jan. 12, 2023). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history. Where, as here, “the BIA adopts the decision of the IJ and merely supplements the IJ’s decision . . . we review the decision of the IJ as supplemented by the BIA.” Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir. 2005). “We review de novo questions of law