FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 17 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE MANUEL LOZANO-LEON, Nos. 06-73527
06-74977
Petitioner,
Agency No. A098-568-157
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, MEMORANDUM *
Respondent.
On Petitions for Review of Orders of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 9, 2012 **
Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
In these consolidated petitions for review, Jose Manuel Lozano-Leon, a
native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration
Appeals’ (“BIA”) orders dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s
decision denying his request for a continuance and denying his motion to
*
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).
reconsider. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of
discretion the denial of a continuance, Ahmed v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1009, 1012 (9th
Cir. 2009), and the denial of a motion to reconsider, Cano-Merida v. INS, 311 F.3d
960, 964 (9th Cir. 2002). We review de novo claims of due process violations. Id.
We deny the petitions for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Lozano-Leon’s request
for a continuance. See Ahmed, 569 F.3d at 1012 (continuance may be granted for
good cause).
The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Lozano-Leon’s motion to
reconsider on the ground that the motion failed to identify any error of fact or law
in the BIA’s prior order. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1).
PETITIONS FOR REVIEW DENIED.
2 06-73527, 06-74977