Case Name: Jose VELASCO-GODINES, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-09-23
Citations: 294 F. App'x 317
Docket Number: No. 05-77209
Parties: Jose VELASCO-GODINES, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 294
Pages: 317–318

Head Matter:
Jose VELASCO-GODINES, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-77209.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 8, 2008.
Filed Sept. 23, 2008.
Debra A. Morales, Marks, Holmes, Foley & Morales, P.S., Yakima, WA, for Petitioner.
Ronald E. Lefevre, Chief Counsel, Office of the District Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, WWS-District Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office of the District Counsel, Susan M. Harrison, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, John S. Hogan, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div./Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Velasco-Godines, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his motion to continue. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for an abuse of discretion an IJ's denial of a motion to continue, Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir.2008), and de novo constitutional claims in removal proceedings, id. We deny the petition for review.
The IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying Velasco-Godines' motion to continue where, despite his approved visa petition, Velasco-Godines was ineligible to apply for adjustment of status because an immigrant visa was not immediately available to him. See 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a); Sandoval-Luna, 526 F.3d at 1247 (IJ's denial of an additional continuance was within discretion where relief was not immediately available to petitioner).
We are not persuaded by Velasco-Go-dines' remaining contentions.
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.