context: The agency did not abuse its discretion or violate Cortez's due process right to counsel in denying Cortez's request for a second continuance for failure to show good cause, or in granting the motion to withdraw, where he had more than a year to find representation after his prior counsel withdrew.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 403 F.3d 1094, 1099-1100
citation_a.parenthetical: listing factors to be considered when deciding what constitutes a reasonable time to obtain counsel
citation_a.sentence: See Ahmed, 569 F.3d at 1012; Burnt v. Gonzales, 403 F.3d 1094, 1099-1100 (9th Cir. 2005) (listing factors to be considered when deciding what constitutes a reasonable time to obtain counsel); see also Vides-Vides v. INS, 783 F.2d 1463, 1470 (9th Cir. 1986) (failure to obtain counsel after two continuances over four months simply meant alien was “unable to secure counsel at his own expense”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 783 F.2d 1463, 1470
citation_b.parenthetical: failure to obtain counsel after two continuances over four months simply meant alien was "unable to secure counsel at his own expense"
citation_b.sentence: See Ahmed, 569 F.3d at 1012; Burnt v. Gonzales, 403 F.3d 1094, 1099-1100 (9th Cir. 2005) (listing factors to be considered when deciding what constitutes a reasonable time to obtain counsel); see also Vides-Vides v. INS, 783 F.2d 1463, 1470 (9th Cir. 1986) (failure to obtain counsel after two continuances over four months simply meant alien was “unable to secure counsel at his own expense”).