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Unpublished
Unpublished
No. 11-1042
Submitted:
June 9, 2011
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Francisa Dzifa Dzikumu-Mensah, a native and citizen of
Ghana,
petitions
Immigration
for
Appeals
review
of
(Board)
an
order
dismissing
of
her
the
appeal
Board
of
from
the
review.
An immigration judge may grant a continuance for good
cause shown.
the
denial
discretion.
motion
for
continuance
for
abuse
2007); Onyeme v. INS, 146 F.3d 227, 231 (4th Cir. 1998).
court
must
of
uphold
the
[immigration
judges]
denial
The
of
an
impermissible
basis,
e.g.,
invidious
discrimination
the
alien
seeks
to
present
is
probative,
noncumulative
and
alien must show that the denial of the motion for a continuance
caused actual prejudice and harm and materially affected the
outcome
of
his
insufficient.
case.
Unsupported
Id.
Id. at 357.
allegations
are
Matter of
conclude
Dzikumu-Mensah
could
failed
present
application.
that
there
to
was
suggest
would
no
any
support
abuse
of
additional
her
discretion.
evidence
proposed
she
asylum
with
oral
we
deny
argument
the
petition
because
the
for
facts
review.
and
We
legal
PETITION DENIED