*1 Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Pedro Santamaria-Delgado, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order denying his motion for a continuance. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the agency’s *2 denial of a continuance. Ahmed v. Holder , 569 F.3d 1009, 1012 (9th Cir. 2009). We deny the petition for review.
The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying for lack of good cause Santamaria-Delgado’s motion for a continuance to collaterally attack his theft conviction, where he had not begun to seek post-conviction relief on the date of his final merits hearing, and where he was represented by an attorney of his choice. See Garcia v. Lynch , 798 F.3d 876, 881 (9th Cir. 2015) (no abuse of discretion where alien had been in proceedings for six months and had “ample time” to seek post-conviction relief) (citation omitted)).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.
2 16-72826
[*] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
[**] The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).