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Jose Trinidad PADILLA NICASIO; Martha Alicia Padilla Servin, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 07-72372.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 5, 2010.
    
    Filed April 12, 2010.
    Jose Trinidad Padilla Nicasio, Pomona, CA, pro se.
    Martha Alicia Padilla Servin, Pomona, CA, pro se.
    Corey Leigh Farrell, OIL, Jeffery R. Leist, Stacy Stiffel Paddack, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jose Trinidad Padilla Nicasio and Martha Alicia Padilla Servin, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing them appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence the agency’s continuous physical presence determination, Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d 847, 850-51 (9th Cir.2004), and for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to continue, Barapind v. Reno, 225 F.3d 1100, 1113 (9th Cir.2000), and we deny the petition for review.

The record does not compel the conclusion that petitioners met their burden to establish continuous physical presence from 1992 to 2002. See Singh-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1999) (a contrary result is not compelled where there is “[t]he possibility of drawing two inconsistent conclusions from the evidence”) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). In light of our disposition, we need not address petitioners’ contentions regarding the IJ’s adverse credibility determination.

The IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying a continuance where petitioners did not demonstrate good cause. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29 (an IJ may grant a motion for continuance for good cause shown). It follows that the IJ did not violate due process by denying petitioners a continuance. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error for a due process violation).

Petitioners’ remaining contentions are unavailing.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.