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Juan Carlos Rodriguez MIRANDA Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 16-70813
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted September 26, 2017 
    
    Filed October 2, 2017
    James B. Rudolph, Esquire, Attorney, Rudolph, Baker & Associates, San Diego, CA, for Petitioner
    OIL, Lindsay Corliss, DOJ'—U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent
    Before: SILVERMAN, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Juan Carlos Rodriguez Miranda, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s removal order, and denying his motion to remand. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion for a continuance. Ahmed v. Holder, 569 F.3d 1009, 1012 (9th Cir. 2009). We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to remand, and review de novo constitutional claims. Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales, 497 F.3d 919, 921, 923 (9th Cir. 2007). We deny the petition for review.

The agency did not abuse its discretion in denying Rodriguez Miranda’s request for an eighth continuance where he did not demonstrate good cause. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1003.29, 1003.31(c); Ahmed, 569 F.3d at 1012 (listing factors to consider). It follows that Rodriguez Miranda’s due process claim fails for lack of error. See Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error and substantial prejudice to prevail on a due process challenge).

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Rodriguez Miranda’s motion to remand based on ineffective assistance of counsel, where Rodriguez Miranda did not show that any deficiency in his former counsel’s performance accounted for his failure to timely file an application for relief. See Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 793 (9th Cir. 2005) (to demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel, petitioner .must show counsel failed to perform with sufficient competence).

We reject Rodriguez Miranda’s contentions that the agency failed to consider relevant evidence or insufficiently explained its decisions. See Najmabadi v. Holder, 597 F.3d 983, 990 (9th Cir. 2010) (agency need not write an exegesis on every contention); Fernandez v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 592, 603 (9th Cir. 2006) (petitioner did not overcome the presumption that the BIA reviewed the record).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.