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                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JAN 19 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CARLOS CASTRO SEGURA,                            No. 08-71882

               Petitioner,                       Agency No. A073-946-960

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,

               Respondent.

                      On Petition for Review of an Order of the
                          Board of Immigration Appeals

                             Submitted January 10, 2011 **

Before:        BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

       Carlos Castro Segura, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of

the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an

immigration judge’s (“IJ”) removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C.

§ 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the grant of the government’s motion to

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
change venue. Baires v. INS, 856 F.2d 89, 92 (9th Cir. 1988). We review de novo

whether the statutory right to counsel was violated, Mendoza-Mazariegos v.

Mukasey, 509 F.3d 1074, 1079 (9th Cir. 2007), and claims of due process

violations, Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105, 1107 (9th Cir. 2003). We

deny the petition for review.

      The IJ did not abuse his discretion or violate due process by granting the

government’s motion to change venue where the government demonstrated good

cause and Segura did not oppose the motion. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.20(b) (IJ may

grant a motion for change of venue where good cause shown); see also Lata v. INS,

204 F.3d 1241, 1246 (9th Cir. 2000) (requiring error to establish a due process

violation).

      The IJ did not deny Segura his right to counsel. The record indicates that

Segura knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to counsel at his Februrary 23,

2006, hearing. See Tawadrus v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1099, 1103-05 (9th Cir. 2004)

(explaining requirements for waiver). Although Segura requested counsel at his

next hearing on May 4, 2006, the IJ “took reasonable steps to ensure that

[Segura’s] . . . right to counsel was honored” by granting him a continuance.

Mendoza-Mazariegos, 509 F.3d at 1080.

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      We do not reach Segura’s claim that the agency erred by denying his request

to withdraw his plea to the charge of removability because he waived any

challenge to the agency’s dispositive determination that the government presented

clear and convincing evidence establishing his removability. See

Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (issues not

specifically raised and argued are deemed waived).

      PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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