DLD-045 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ Nos. 19-1096 & 19-2691 ___________ ANTONIO MELQUEZIDETH CASTRO, a/k/a Jose Castro Serrano, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ____________________________________ On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Agency No. A203-048-602) Immigration Judge: Leo A. Finston ____________________________________ Submitted on Respondent’s Motions for Summary Disposition Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 November 14, 2019 Before: RESTREPO, PORTER and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: December 13, 2019) _________ OPINION* _________ PER CURIAM * This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. In these consolidated petitions for review, Antonio Melquezideth Castro seeks review of two orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The Government filed motions for summary disposition asking us to deny the petitions. Because the petitions present no substantial question for review, we will grant the Government’s motions and will deny the petitions for review. Castro, a citizen of Belize, entered the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor in November 2000. On June 17, 2002, he pleaded guilty in New Jersey state court to endangering the welfare of a child. See N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:24-4A. Based on that conviction, the Government issued a notice to appear in September 2017, charging Castro with removability as an alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(i), and a crime of child abuse, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i). Castro filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, claiming that he will be persecuted and tortured in Belize based on his membership in a particular social group of convicted sex offenders. He also sought a continuance to “better prepare” in response to the issuance of In re A-B- , 27 I. & N. Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018). Furthermore, Castro filed a motion to terminate the proceedings on the ground that the Notice to Appear was defective because it did not contain the date and time of his initial removal hearing, see Pereira v. Sessions, 138 S. Ct. 2105 (2018). An Immigration Judge denied all relief and Castro appealed. The Board affirmed the IJ’s denial of a continuance, noting that after the issuance of In re A-B- on June 11, 2018, Castro had nearly one month to prepare for his final hearing on July 9, 2018. In 2 addition, the Board concluded that Castro had failed to demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the denial of the continuance request. With respect to Castro’s Pereira argument, the Board held that, although Castro’s notice to appear did not specify the time and place of his initial removal hearing, the IJ had jurisdiction because a notice of hearing including that information was later sent to Castro. In re Bermudez-Cota, 27 I. &. N. Dec. 441 (BIA 2018). The Board further concluded that Castro had not established eligibility for asylum because his “fear of ...
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