Abdurahman Kemi v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM **

Abdurahman Osman Kemi, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his request for a continuance, as well as his applications for suspension of deportation, asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition for review.

“When the BIA conducts an independent review of the IJ’s findings we review the BIA’s decision and not that of the IJ. To the…