Legal Opinion
Alaa Abdulkarim Mohsseni Behbahani v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1985No. 84-7011PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
Alaa Abdulkarim Mohsseni Behbahani (Mohsseni) petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision affirming an immigration judge’s (IJ) decision finding Mohsseni deportable as a nonimmigrant student who overstayed his visa period. See 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2). Mohsseni contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his deportation hearing because his non-attorney representative: (1) failed to refute the INS’s evidence of deportability; and (2) failed to raise an estoppel defense based on the affirmative misconduct of INS officials. We…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Maria Ramirez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Rev. Kinnith R. Nicholson v. Ruth L. RushenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- George Bernard Nicholas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Rafael Figeroa, A/K/A Rafael Najarro-Morales v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
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