NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 20 2017

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PEDRO SANTAMARIA-DELGADO, No. 16-72826

Petitioner, Agency No. A075-902-802 v.

MEMORANDUM* JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted December 18, 2017** Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Pedro Santamaria-Delgado, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order denying his motion for a continuance. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the agency’s

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). denial of 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 for lack of good cause Santamaria-Delgado’s motion for a continuance to collaterally attack his theft conviction, where he had not begun to seek post-conviction relief on the date of his final merits hearing, and where he was represented by an attorney of his choice. See Garcia v. Lynch, 798 F.3d 876, 881 (9th Cir. 2015) (no abuse of discretion where alien had been in proceedings for six months and had “ample time” to seek post-conviction relief) (citation omitted)).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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