NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 13 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
OSCAR EDUARDO SOTO-TERRONES, No. 17-70797
Petitioner, Agency No. A205-526-421
v.
MEMORANDUM*
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 10, 2018**
Before: CANBY, W. FLETCHER, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Oscar Eduardo Soto-Terrones, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge's (“IJ”) decision denying his motion for a continuance. We have
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
a continuance. Ahmed v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1009, 1012 (9th Cir. 2009). We deny the
petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Soto-Terrones’s request
for an additional continuance for lack of good cause. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29;
Ahmed, 569 F.3d at 1012 (factors considered in determining whether the denial of
a continuance constitutes an abuse of discretion include the nature of the evidence
excluded and the number of continuances previously granted); Singh v. Holder,
638 F.3d 1264, 1274 (9th Cir. 2011) (“[T]he IJ [is] not required to grant a
continuance based on . . . speculations.”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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