Case Name: Pedro Gabriel VELAZQUEZ-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-18
Citations: 550 F. App'x 403
Docket Number: No. 12-70404
Parties: Pedro Gabriel VELAZQUEZ-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 550
Pages: 403–403

Head Matter:
Pedro Gabriel VELAZQUEZ-RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-70404.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 17, 2013.
Filed Dec. 18, 2013.
Matthew Harrison Green, Esquire, Law Offices of Matthew H. Green, Tucson, AZ, for Petitioner.
Oil, Russell John Verby, Trial, John D. Williams, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 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).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Pedro Gabriel Velazquez-Ramirez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's decision denying his motion to continue his removal proceedings. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo due process claims. Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 926 (9th Cir.2007). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.
Velazquez-Ramirez's undisputed removability for an aggravated felony and controlled-substance violation limits our jurisdiction to questions of law and constitutional claims. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(C)-(D). We therefore lack jurisdiction to consider whether the agency abused its discretion by denying Velazquez-Ramirez's motion for a continuance to seek post-conviction relief.
Velazquez-Ramirez's remaining claim that the agency violated his due process rights by denying him a continuance fails because he has not demonstrated prejudice, where his eligibility for relief from removal remained only a speculative possibility at the time of the hearing. See Robleto-Pastora v. Holder, 591 F.3d 1051, 1062 (9th Cir.2010) ("In order to show a due process violation, [a petitioner] must show prejudice---- Prejudice is shown where the violation potentially affected the outcome of the proceedings."); see also Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 1243, 1247 (9th Cir.2008) (per curiam) (identifying no prejudice from the denial of a continuance to allow time for adjustment of status, where the petitioner's eligibility to adjust was speculative).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED in part; DENIED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.