FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 28 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
WALTER E. ALONZO-RAMIREZ, No. 10-70298
Petitioner, Agency No. A070-106-528
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted March 8, 2011 **
Before: FARRIS, O’SCANNLAIN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Walter E. Alonzo-Ramirez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro
se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA”) order dismissing his
appeal from an immigration judge’s denial of a request for a continuance. Our
jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the
*
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).
denial of a request for a continuance, Ahmed v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1009, 1012 (9th
Cir. 2009), and we deny in part, and dismiss in part, the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Alonzo-Ramirez’s
request for a continuance for additional time to prepare an application for relief,
where he had already received multiple continuances for that purpose, been
specifically instructed to file his application, and the delay caused inconvenience to
the agency and the government. See id. at 1013-14; cf. Cui v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d
1289, 1293 (9th Cir. 2008).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Alonzo-Ramirez’s remaining contentions
because he failed to exhaust them before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358
F.3d 674, 677-78 (9th Cir. 2004).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.