Ricarte Corral v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Ricarte Detera Corral, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal from a decision of an immigration judge (“IJ”) denying his motions for a continuance and administrative closure of removal proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for abuse of discretion, see Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir.2008) (per curiam), we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying for lack of good cause Corral’s motion for a second continuance to wait for the government’s adjudication of his request for humanitarian reinstatement of his previously revoked immigrant-visa petition. See Singh v. Holder, 638 F.3d 1264, 1274 (9th Cir.2011) (“[A]n IJ ‘may grant a motion for, continuance for good cause shown.’ ” (citation omitted)). Corral conceded his removability and ineligibility for any relief from removal, and the basis for the continuance remained a speculative possibility at the time of his final removal hearing. See id. (“[T]he IJ [is] not required to grant a continuance based on ... speculations.”); see also…