Carrasco-Herrera
Carrasco-Herrera v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Eufemio Carrasco-Herrera petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying Carrasco-Herrera’s application for cancellation of removal. We review de novo claims of due process violations. Colme-nar v. INS, 210 F.3d 967, 971 (9th Cir. 2000). We deny the petition for review.
Carrasco-Herrera contends the IJ violated his Fifth Amendment right to due process when it denied a fourth continuance to permit Carrasco-Herrera to review official conviction documents produced twelve days prior.
Due process requires that aliens receive a “full and fair hearing” in the immigration context. Campos-Sanchez v. INS, 164 F.3d 448, 450 (9th Cir.1998). We will only reverse the BIA’s decision on due process grounds “if the proceeding was so fundamentally unfair that the alien was prevented from reasonably presenting his case.” Colmenar, 210 F.3d at 971 (internal quotations and citations omitted). An alien must also demonstrate that the challenged conduct affected the outcome of the removal proceedings. Id.
Carrasco-Herrera’s contention that the IJ denied him due process of law by refusing to continue the…