Elizalde-Lugo
Elizalde-Lugo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Alicia Elizalde-Lugo seeks judicial review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals. During removal proceedings, Petitioner admitted the INS’ charges against her, conceded that she was subject to removal, and applied for suspension of deportation and cancellation of removal. The Immigration Judge denied her applications for relief. Specifically, the Immigration Judge found that her application for cancellation of removal was incomplete and he rejected her request for a continuance in order to submit additional evidence. The Board dismissed Elizalde Lugo’s appeal of the Immigration Judge’s decision, and this petition for review followed.
We have jurisdiction under section 242 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of the case, we do not recount it here except as necessary to explain our decision.
We review de novo the BIA’s determination of purely legal questions regarding the requirements of the INA. See *633 Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 961 (9th Cir. 1996) (en banc). In addition, the decision whether to grant a…