Fredy Congote-Arriaga v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

19 F.3d 1439 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Fredy CONGOTE-ARRIAGA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70517. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 8, 1994. * Decided March 16, 1994. Before: FLETCHER, BRUNETTI, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Fredy Congote-Arriaga, a native and citizen of Colombia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal's ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal of the immigration judge's (IJ) order finding him deportable as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony and of a controlled substance violation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny in part and grant in part the petition for review. 3 * Denial of Continuance 4 Congote-Arriaga contends that the BIA erred by affirming the IJ's denial of Congote-Arriaga's request for a continuance of his deportation proceeding to seek a writ of error coram nobis. This contention lacks…