HERNANDEZ-GIL v. GONZALES

No. 04-72303.

476 F.3d 803 (2007)

Edgar HERNANDEZ-GIL, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos A. Singer, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner Edgar Hernandez-Gil.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Anthony W. Norwood, Senior Litigation Counsel; and Virginia Lum, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General.

Before HARRY PREGERSON, RONALD M. GOULD, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


GOULD, Circuit Judge.

Edgar Hernandez-Gil, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA's") decision summarily affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ's") denial of his application for cancellation of removal. Hernandez-Gil contends that the IJ erred in denying his motion for a continuance and violated his statutory right to counsel by proceeding with the merits hearing without his attorney being present. We have...

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