Jason Yu v. Loretta E. Lynch

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 4 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JASON CHUNG YU, No. 15-71120 Petitioner, Agency No. A088-555-545 v. MEMORANDUM* LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted September 27, 2016** Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges. Jason Chung Yu, a native and citizen of Taiwan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order denying his request for a continuance. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a * 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). continuance and review de novo due process challenges. Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review. The agency did not abuse its discretion or violate due process in denying Yu’s request for a continuance for failure to show good cause, where success on his motion for post-conviction relief was speculative and he failed to establish prejudice. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29; Sandoval-Luna, 526 F.3d at 1247 (no abuse of discretion or denial of due process to deny a continuance where relief was not immediately available and alien did not establish prejudice); Garcia v. Lynch, 798 F.3d 876, 881 (9th Cir. 2015) (no abuse of discretion to deny a continuance where petitioner already had six months to pursue post-conviction relief). Yu’s contentions that he was denied his right to counsel and did not receive a full and fair hearing are not supported by the record. PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 2 15-71120