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Martha Cecilia MORALES-MALES, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 13-70030.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 17, 2013.
    
    Filed Dec. 20, 2013.
    Henry Cruz, Rios & Cruz, PS, SEattle, WA, for Petitioner.
    OIL, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Martha Cecilia Morales-Males, a native and citizen of Ecuador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying her request for a continuance. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a continuance, and review de novo constitutional claims. Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir.2008). We deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Morales-Males’ motion for a continuance, where she failed to demonstrate good cause. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29; see also Sandoval-Luna, 526 F.3d at 1247 (denial of a motion to continue was not an abuse of discretion where relief was not immediately available to petitioner). It follows that Morales-Males’ due process claim fails. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring error to prevail on a due process claim).

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