Orozco-Garcia

MEMORANDUM ***

Perfecto Orozco-Garcia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ summary affirmance without opinion of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his request for a continuance and change of venue and his application for suspension of deportation. We have partial jurisdiction pursuant to former 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). See Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997). We review the IJ’s decision as the final agency determination. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for abuse of discretion the decision to deny a continuance and change of venue, Baires v. INS, 856 F.2d 89, 91-92 (9th Cir.1988), and we review due process contentions de novo, Munoz v. Ashcroft, 339 F.3d 950, 955 (9th Cir.2003). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying Orozco-Garcia’s request for a continuance because Orozco-Garcia’s statement that he had been unable to secure counsel within his means did not establish good cause. See Vides-Vides v. INS, 783 F.2d 1463, 1470 (9th Cir.1986). Moreover, the IJ did not abuse his discretion in denying…