Isauro Francisco Ramirez- Bravo 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
ISAURO FRANCISCO RAMIREZ-
BRAVO,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 08-70092
Agency No. A070-677-376
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted June 29, 2010**
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Isauro Francisco Ramirez-Bravo, a native and citizen of Guatemala,
petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his
appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his applications for
cancellation of removal, asylum and withholding of removal, as well as denying
FILED
JUL 09 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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his request for a continuance. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We
review for abuse of discretion the denial of a request for a continuance, Nakamoto
v. Ashcroft, 363 F.3d 874, 883 n.6 (9th Cir. 2004), and we review for substantial
evidence the agency’s factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-
85 (9th Cir. 2006). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s conclusion that Ramirez-Bravo
failed to demonstrate eligibility for asylum, where he testified to suffering no harm
in the past and he admitted to having no fear of returning to Guatemala. See
Ratnam v. INS, 154 F.3d 990, 994 (9th Cir. 1998) (“Either past persecution or a
well-founded fear of future persecution provides eligibility for a discretionary
grant of asylum.”). Because Ramirez-Bravo failed to satisfy the lower standard of
proof for asylum, he necessarily failed to demonstrate eligibility for withholding of
removal. See Farah v. Ashcroft, 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 (9th Cir. 2003).
The agency did not abuse its discretion by denying Ramirez-Bravo’s request
for a continuance, where the need for a continuance was based largely on his own
unreasonable conduct. See Baires v. INS, 856 F.2d 89, 92-93 (9th Cir. 1988).

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We lack jurisdiction to review the agency’s denial of cancellation of removal
on hardship grounds. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.
2005).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.

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