EDGAR ARAUJO-GOMEZ V. ERIC HOLDER, JR., No. 12-73837 (9th Cir. 2014)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EDGAR ARAUJO-GOMEZ, Petitioner, No. 12-73837 Agency No. A038-522-926 v. MEMORANDUM* ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted December 9, 2014** Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. Edgar Araujo-Gomez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his request for a continuance. We dismiss the petition for review. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Araujo-Gomez sought a continuance of his removal proceedings in order to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court challenging the state conviction that rendered him removable. Araujo-Gomez’s habeas petition has now been dismissed. Araujo v. Napolitano, No. CV 12-7741-GAF (MAN), 2012 WL 4107846, at *2 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2012). Accordingly, his challenge to the denial of the continuance to pursue that relief is moot. See Pedroza-Padilla v. Gonzales, 486 F.3d 1362, 1364 n.2 (9th Cir. 2007); see also United States v. Strong, 489 F.3d 1055, 1059 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[A] live case or controversy must be extant at all stages of review. Otherwise, the case is moot and must be dismissed.” (quotation marks and internal citation omitted)). PETITION FOR REVIEW DISMISSED. 2 12-73837

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