NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 13 2018

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OSCAR EDUARDO SOTO-TERRONES, No. 17-70797

Petitioner, Agency No. A205-526-421

v.

MEMORANDUM*

JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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). 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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