Case Name: Americo Bazan LLANOS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-29
Citations: 565 F. App'x 675
Docket Number: No. 13-9589
Parties: Americo Bazan LLANOS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 565
Pages: 675–676

Head Matter:
Americo Bazan LLANOS, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-9589.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
April 29, 2014.
Arnulfo De Jesus Hernandez, Christine M. Hernandez, Hernandez & Associates, P.C., Denver, CO, for Petitioner.
Nancy Canter, General Counsel, United States Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, DOH/EOIR/BIA, Attn: Certification Unit, Falls Church, VA, John Longshore, Director, DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Centennial, CO, for Respondent.
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, PORFILIO and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
JOHN C. PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.
Americo Bazan Llanos is a native and citizen of Peru who entered the United States in 2000. In 2010, the Department of Homeland Security issued a notice to appear charging Mr. Llanos with having overstayed his six-month visa. Mr. Llanos appeared initially before an immigration judge (IJ) on January 26, 2011, and was granted a three-month continuance. At an IJ hearing on April 27, 2011, he conceded his removability, and stated he would be seeking adjustment of status based on a I-130 petition filed by his current wife's United States citizen sister. See 8 U.S.C. § 1255(i) (providing for adjustment of status for certain aliens physically present in United States).
The IJ thereafter granted Mr. Llanos two more continuances to perfect his eligibility for adjustment of status. When he appeared before the IJ on July 18, 2012, without proof that he had obtained the necessary approvals, the IJ denied him a further continuance, rejected his request for administrative closure, ordered him removed to Peru, but granted him voluntary departure. The BIA dismissed his appeal from the IJ's decision, and he petitioned this court for review.
Mr. Llanos argues that (1) the IJ abused his discretion in denying him an additional continuance; (2) the IJ's decision failed to adequately address his requests for a continuance and for administrative closure; (3) the BIA improperly considered evidence outside the record in reaching its decision; and (4) the BIA failed to weigh the proper factors in evaluating his request for administrative closure. 'We review the decision to deny a continuance for an abuse of discretion." Luevano v. Holder, 660 F.3d 1207, 1213 (10th Cir.2011) (ellipsis and internal quotation marks omitted). The decision to deny administrative closure is likewise reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Vahora v. Holder, 626 F.3d 907, 919 (7th Cir.2010).
Having carefully considered Mr. Llanos's brief, the government's response brief, the administrative record and the relevant law in light of the applicable review standards, we discern no reversible error in the issues raised, and therefore deny the petition for review.
The petition for review is denied.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously to grant the parties' request for a decision on the briefs without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(f); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
. The government argues that administrative closure is a discretionary decision outside the scope of our review because there is no mean ingful standard against which to judge the agency's exercise of its discretion. For the reasons stated in Vahora, 626 F.3d at 914-19, however, we disagree and conclude that the agency's decision to deny administrative closure is reviewed under the abuse-of-discretion standard.