Blanco-Guerrero v. Blanche

── Blanco-Guerrero v. Blanche ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: April 10, 2026 Category: General 24-22 Blanco-Guerrero v. Blanche BIA Palmer, IJ A201 459 077/078 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 10th day of April, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: REENA RAGGI, DENNY CHIN, JOSEPH F. BIANCO, Circuit Judges. _____________________________________ JUAN ALBERTO BLANCO-GUERRERO, ANNIA MARGARITA BLANCO- RODAS, Petitioners, v. 24-22 NAC TODD BLANCHE, ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL,  Respondent.* _____________________________________ FOR PETITIONERS: Bruno J. Bembi, Hempstead, NY. FOR RESPONDENT: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Cindy S. Ferrier, Assistant Director; Andrew N. O’Malley, Senior Litigation Counsel, 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 Juan Alberto Blanco-Guerrero, Annia Margarita Blanco-Rodas, natives and citizens of Nicaragua, seek review of a November 29, 2023 decision of the BIA, affirming a November 27, 2019 decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”), which denied their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Juan Alberto Blanco- Guerrero, Annia Margarita Blanco-Rodas, Nos. A 201 459 077/078 (B.I.A. Nov. 29, 2023), aff’g Nos. A 201 459 077/078 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Nov. 27, 2019). We * The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the caption as set forth above. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Pamela Bondi as Respondent. 2 assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history. We have reviewed the IJ’s decision as modified and supplemented by the BIA. See Xue Hong Yang v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 426 F.3d 520, 522 (2d Cir. 2005); Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir. 2005). We review fact-finding “under the substantial evidence standard,” and questions of law and the application of law to fact de novo. Hong Fei Gao v. Sessions, 891 F.3d 67, 76 (2d Cir. 2018). “[T]he administrative findings of fact are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would