Pedro Preciado v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 10 2011 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PEDRO PRECIADO, No. 08-74178 Petitioner, Agency No. A095-174-524 v. MEMORANDUM * ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted February 15, 2011** Before: CANBY, FERNANDEZ, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges. Pedro Preciado, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. Our jurisdiction is governed by * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 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) (per curiam). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review. Contrary to the respondent’s contention, Preciado’s petition for review was timely filed on September 29, 2008. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1); Fed. R. App. P. 26(a)(1)(C). The agency did not abuse its discretion by not granting a continuance where Preciado did not request a continuance. We lack jurisdiction to consider Preciado’s challenge to the IJ’s determination that he is removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i) because he failed to exhaust it. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir. 2004). PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part. 2 08-74178