Case Name: Abdoul Aziz SEYDI, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-10
Citations: 340 F. App'x 589
Docket Number: No. 08-16671
Parties: Abdoul Aziz SEYDI, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.
Judges: Before MARCUS, PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 340
Pages: 589–589

Head Matter:
Abdoul Aziz SEYDI, Petitioner, v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent.
No. 08-16671
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Aug. 10, 2009.
Socheat Chea, Duluth, GA, for Petitioner.
Shelley R. Goad, Vanessa O. Lefort, Barry J. Pettinato, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr., Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before MARCUS, PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Abdoul Aziz Seydi, a native and citizen of Senegal, petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals that affirmed the denial of a continuance and ordered him removed from the country. Seydi argues that he was entitled to a continuance of his removal proceedings because he had applied and was eligible for adjustment of status based on an intervening marriage to a citizen of the United States.
The denial of a motion for a continuance is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Bull v. INS, 790 F.2d 869, 871 (11th Cir.1986). Factual findings are reviewed under the substantial evidence test. Al Najjar v. Ashcroft, 257 F.3d 1262, 1283 (11th Cir.2001). Under the substantial evidence test, we must affirm the decision of the Board if it is "supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole." Id. at 1284.
The Board did not abuse its discretion. Substantial evidence supports the finding that Seydi had represented falsely that he was a citizen of the United States, which rendered him statutorily ineligible for adjustment of status. 8 U.S.C. § § 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I). Seydi was not entitled to a continuance.
PETITION DENIED.