Opinion
No. 14-73028
04-18-2016
RIGOBERTO RAMOS-ALEJO, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
Agency No. A096-356-416 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: FARRIS, TALLMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Rigoberto Ramos-Alejo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal order denying his request for a continuance. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a continuance. Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Ramos-Alejo's request for a further continuance for failure to demonstrate good cause, where Ramos-Alejo conceded removability, was ineligible for the relief sought, and did not sufficiently show how a continuance could have affected the outcome of his case. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29 ("The Immigration Judge may grant a motion for continuance for good cause shown."); Sandoval-Luna, 526 F.3d at 1247 (the denial of a continuance was within the agency's discretion where relief was not immediately available to petitioner).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.