Luis Herrera Gonzalez v. Pamela Bondi

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: December 30, 2025
• Docket: 25-1265
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-1265

LUIS MOISES HERRERA GONZALEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

PAMELA JO BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Submitted: December 23, 2025 Decided: December 30, 2025

Before WILKINSON and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: Melissa J. Mitchell, MITCHELL & SUHR PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Petitioner. Brett A. Shumate, Assistant Attorney General, Ilana J. Snyder, Senior Litigation Counsel, Yanal H. Yousef, Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

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PER CURIAM:

Luis Moises Herrera Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review

of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from the

immigration judge’s denial of Herrera Gonzalez’s application for cancellation of removal

under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1). In denying cancellation of removal, the immigration judge

found, in relevant part, that Herrera Gonzalez failed to show that his removal would cause

an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for Herrera Gonzalez’s U.S.-citizen son.

We review this determination as a mixed question of fact and law, Wilkinson v. Garland,

601 U.S. 209, 225 (2024), deferring to the agency’s rulings on the issue, Cortes v. Garland,

105 F.4th 124, 133-34 (4th Cir. 2024). We have reviewed the administrative record in

conjunction with the arguments advanced by Herrera Gonzalez and conclude that, under

any standard, there is no error in the agency’s dispositive hardship analysis.

Herrera Gonzalez also challenges the Board’s denial of his motion to remand the

matter to the immigration judge for consideration of new evidence related to his application

but, upon review, we discern no abuse of discretion in this ruling. See Obioha v. Gonzales,

431 F.3d 400, 408 (4th Cir. 2005) (providing standard of review). Accordingly, we deny

the petition for review. See In re Herrera Gonzalez (B.I.A. Feb. 20, 2025).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal questions are adequately

presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.

PETITION DENIED