Osiel Flores v. Merrick Garland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 11 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OSIEL FLORES, AKA Osiel Flores- No. 20-72270 Calderon, Agency No. A096-856-175 Petitioner,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,

Respondent.

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

Argued and Submitted August 2, 2022 Pasadena, California

Before: CALLAHAN and H. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and HUMETEWA,** District Judge. Dissent by Judge H. THOMAS

Osiel Flores filed a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals

(BIA) denial of cancellation of removal. He raises two arguments: (1) the

immigration judge (IJ) abused its discretion in denying his request for a

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Diane J. Humetewa, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. continuance and finding his application for relief abandoned; and (2) the…