Case Name: Pedro Santiago Terrones GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-24
Citations: 536 F. App'x 147
Docket Number: No. 12-2738
Parties: Pedro Santiago Terrones GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: PRESENT: JON O. NEWMAN, GERARD E. LYNCH, and SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 536
Pages: 147–148

Head Matter:
Pedro Santiago Terrones GARCIA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 12-2738.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Oct. 24, 2013.
Pedro Santiago Terrones Garcia, Glastonbury, CT, pro se.
Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Blair T. O’Connor, Assistant Director; Rosanne M. Perry, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
PRESENT: JON O. NEWMAN, GERARD E. LYNCH, and SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Pedro Santiago Terrones Garcia, a native and citizen of Peru, seeks review of a June 7, 2012 decision of the BIA affirming the September 15, 2010 decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ"), denying Terrones Garcia's motion for a continuance and ordering him removed. In re Pedro Santiago Terrones Garcia, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. June 7, 2012), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. Hartford Sept. 15, 2010). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of this case.
Under the circumstances of this case, we review both the IJ's and the BIA's opinions "for the sake of completeness." Zaman v. Mukasey, 514 F.3d 233, 237 (2d Cir.2008). Terrones Garcia challenges only the agency's denial of a continuance. We review that denial "under a highly deferential standard of abuse of discretion." Morgan v. Gonzales, 445 F.3d 549, 551 (2d Cir.2006). An IJ "may grant a motion for continuance for good cause shown," 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29, and only "abuse[s] his discretion in denying a continuance if (1) his decision rests on an error of law (such as the application of the wrong legal principle) or a clearly erroneous factual finding or (2) his decision— though not necessarily the product of a legal error or a clearly erroneous factual finding — cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions," Morgan, 445 F.3d at 551-52 (internal quotation marks, brackets, and citation omitted). The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Terrones Garcia's motion for a continuance.
In denying Terrones Garcia's motion, the agency reasonably considered the factors set forth in Matter of Hashmi, including, among others: (1) the Department of Homeland Security's ("DHS") opposition to the motion; (2) that the underlying visa petition was not prima facie approvable since it was no longer pending; and (3) the speculative nature of the basis for the requested continuance. See 24 I. & N. Dec. 785, 790 (BIA 2009). Moreover, the agency reasonably concluded that the visa petition filed by Terrones Garcia's wife was not prima facie approvable based solely on the fact that it had been denied, because Terrones Garcia proffered no factual basis for concluding otherwise. Because Ter-rones Garcia moved for a continuance to seek purely speculative relief and has not demonstrated any error in the agency's consideration and denial of that motion, we conclude that the agency did not abuse its discretion in denying his motion. See Morgan, 445 F.3d at 551-52; see also Elbahja v. Keisler, 505 F.3d 125, 129 (2d Cir.2007) (determining that an IJ does not abuse his or her discretion by denying a continuance sought to pursue speculative relief).
For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED.