FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 14 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARIA LUISA VALVERDE- No. 09-71182
ESCALANTE,
Agency No. A097-428-426
Petitioner,
v. MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 5, 2011 **
Before: B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Maria Luisa Valverde-Escalante, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions
pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing
her appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. We have jurisdiction
under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion
*
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).
for a continuance, Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir.
2008), and we deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying Valverde-Escalante’s
motion for a continuance. See id. at 1247.
To the extent that the IJ erred by not articulating his reasons for denying the
motion, this error was rendered harmless by the BIA’s subsequent consideration of
the issue in conducting its de novo review. See Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1430
(9th Cir. 1995).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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