Jose Luis Cruz Alvarez v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSE LUIS CRUZ ALVAREZ,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 09-73343
Agency No. A099-581-168
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted October 19, 2010**
San Francisco, California
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Petitioner Jose Luis Cruz Alvarez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions
for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of a motion for continuance regarding his
FILED
OCT 22 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C.
§ 1252. We deny the petition for review.
The IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying Alvarez’s motion for a
continuance because Alvarez did not demonstrate good cause. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29;
see Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1247 (9th Cir. 2008) (reviewing for
abuse of discretion).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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