Case Name: Melanie ABANICO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-19
Citations: 388 F. App'x 602
Docket Number: No. 08-71388
Parties: Melanie ABANICO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 388
Pages: 602–603

Head Matter:
Melanie ABANICO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-71388.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 29, 2010.
Filed July 19, 2010.
Melanie Abanico, Las Vegas, NV, pro se. Ronald E. Lefevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Tiffany Walters Klei-nert, Trial, DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, 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).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Melanie Abanico, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") removal order. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a continuance. Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1246 (9th Cir.2008) (per curiam), and review questions of law de novo, Aguilar Gonzalez v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 1204, 1208 (9th Cir.2008). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.
The IJ properly denied Abanico's adjustment of status application for failure to demonstrate admissibility pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182. See Kyung Park v. Holder, 572 F.3d 619, 622-23 (9th Cir.2009) (to avoid being considered a public charge, § 1182(a)(4) requires that the alien submit an affidavit of support as described in 8 U.S.C. § 1183a).
The IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying a continuance where Abanico did not demonstrate good cause. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29 (an IJ may grant a motion for a continuance for good cause shown).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Abani-co's contention that the IJ abused his discretion in denying Abanieo's voluntary departure request because she failed to exhaust this contention before the BIA. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004) (generally requiring exhaustion of claims before the BIA).
We lack jurisdiction to consider Abani-co's eligibility for cancellation of removal because she did not raise this claim with the BIA. See Ortiz v. INS, 179 F.3d 1148, 1152 (9th Cir.1999) (court lacks jurisdiction over eligibility claim not raised before the BIA).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.