Ignacio Verdeja Aguayo v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 18 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IGNACIO VERDEJA AGUAYO, No. 20-73106

Petitioner, Agency No. A215-927-139

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted July 8, 2022** Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: WARDLAW, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Ignacio Verdeja Aguayo, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions

for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming

the denial by an immigration judge (“IJ”) of his motion to continue removal

proceedings. Verdeja Aguayo sought a continuance to allow him to pursue a

* 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). motion to reopen and appeal of the denial by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services (“USCIS”)…