Rigoberto Ramos-Alejo v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RIGOBERTO RAMOS-ALEJO,
Petitioner,
v.
LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 14-73028
Agency No. A096-356-416
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted April 13, 2016**
Before: FARRIS, TALLMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Rigoberto Ramos-Alejo, a native and citizen of Mexico, 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
FILED
APR 18 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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denial of a continuance. 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 in denying Ramos-Alejo’s request
for a further continuance for failure to demonstrate good cause, where Ramos-
Alejo conceded removability, was ineligible for the relief sought, and did not
sufficiently show how a continuance could have affected the outcome of his case.
See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29 (“The Immigration Judge may grant a motion for
continuance for good cause shown.”); Sandoval-Luna, 526 F.3d at 1247 (the denial
of a continuance was within the agency’s discretion where relief was not
immediately available to petitioner).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
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