Legal Opinion
Torres-Chavez v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2009No. 05-72226PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
Eduardo Torres-Chavez petitions for review of a final order of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). He claims that his concession of alienage before the Immigration Judge was the result of legal representation so egregiously deficient that it violated his Fifth Amendment right to due process. We hold that Torres’s due process rights were not violated by his lawyer’s performance, and accordingly deny his petition for review.
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Torres entered the United States without authorization in December 1981, at the age of fifteen. In 1987, Torres sought to take…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Miguel Angel Iturribarria v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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