Oscar Eduardo Soto-Terrones v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
OSCAR EDUARDO SOTO-TERRONES,
Petitioner,
v.
JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney
General,
Respondent.
No. 17-70797
Agency No. A205-526-421
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted July 10, 2018**
Before: CANBY, W. FLETCHER, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Oscar Eduardo Soto-Terrones, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an
immigration judge's (“IJ”) decision denying his motion for a continuance. We have
jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of
* 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).
FILED
JUL 13 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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a continuance. Ahmed v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1009, 1012 (9th Cir. 2009). We deny the
petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Soto-Terrones’s request
for an additional continuance for lack of good cause. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29;
Ahmed, 569 F.3d at 1012 (factors considered in determining whether the denial of
a continuance constitutes an abuse of discretion include the nature of the evidence
excluded and the number of continuances previously granted); Singh v. Holder,
638 F.3d 1264, 1274 (9th Cir. 2011) (“[T]he IJ [is] not required to grant a
continuance based on . . . speculations.”).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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