Edwin Rabanales-Rabanales, a citizen of Guatemala, petitions this court for review of an order by the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his motion to reconsider. The basis of the motion to reconsider was the IJ’s denial of Rabanales-Rabanales’s motion for a continuance during the removal hearing in order to obtain substitute counsel.

Rabanales-Rabanales argues that the IJ should have granted his motion for a continuance because his retained counsel believed that his motion for a change of venue would be ruled upon before the removal hearing and therefore did not prepare to attend the hearing. He asserts that the denial of his motion for a continuance violated his right to counsel. Rabanales-Rabanales has failed to show that his right to counsel was violated or that the BIA abused its discretion by affirming the IJ’s denial of his motion to reconsider. See Rosales v. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 426 F.3d 733, 736-37 (5th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 1055, 163 L.Ed.2d 882 (2006); Zhao v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 295, 303 (5th Cir. 2005).

Rabanales-Rabanales’s petition for review is DENIED.