Yamal Gabrie v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Yamal Gabrie, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his applications for cancellation of removal and voluntary departure. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law, Sinotes-Cruz v. Gonzales, 468 F.3d 1190, 1194 (9th Cir.2006), and review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to continue, Ahmed v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1009, 1012 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for the review.

In his opening brief, Gabrie fails to address, and therefore has waived any challenge to, the BIA’s dispositive determination that Gabrie was bound by his former counsel’s admissions before the IJ that Gabrie’s criminal convictions were crimes involving moral turpitude. See Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir.1996) (issues not specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived).

The agency therefore did not err in denying Gabrie’s applications for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l)(B), and voluntary departure under 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(b)(l)(B),…