Carbajal-Carbajal v. Blanche

── Carbajal-Carbajal v. Blanche ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: April 16, 2026 Category: General 23-6930 Carbajal-Carbajal v. Blanche 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 TO 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 16th day of April , two thousand twenty- six. PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, RICHARD C. WESLEY, BETH ROBINSON, Circuit Judges. _________________________________________ FRANCISCA SANDRA CARBAJAL-CARBAJAL, Petitioner, v. No. 23-6930 TODD BLANCHE, UNITED STATES ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL,  Respondent. * _________________________________________ FOR PETITIONER: Nicholas J. Mundy, Nicholas J. Mundy, Esq., Brooklyn, NY. FOR RESPONDENT: Shelley K.G. Clemens, Trial Attorney, Keith I. McManus, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Brian Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. for Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General, Washington, D.C. UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision is DENIED. Petitioner Francisca Sandra Carbajal-Carbajal, a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of a decision of the BIA affirming the immigration judge’s denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Carbajal-Carbajal, No. A 209 885 073 *Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Pamela Bondi. The Clerk’s office is respectfully directed to amend the caption as reflected above. 2 (B.I.A. Aug. 10, 2023), aff’g No. A 209 885 073 (Immig. Ct. N.Y.C. Sept. 30, 2019). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and arguments on appeal, to which we refer only as necessary to explain our decision. We review the decision of the immigration judge (IJ) as supplemented by the BIA. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir. 2005). We review findings of fact for substantial evidence and questions of law and application of law to fact de novo. Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland, 118 F.4th 250, 253 (2d Cir. 2024). “[T]he administrative findings of fact are conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.” 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B). But “we will va