Legal Opinion
Bernardo Ontiveros-Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 24, 2000No. 97-70752, 97-71187, 98-70877PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Bernardo Ontiveros-Lopez seeks review of three decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Ontiveros-Lopez alleges that he was denied due process of law because of ineffective assistance of counsel at his deportation hearing. Despite Ontiveros-Lopez’s asserted innocence, counsel did not dispute deportability. Instead, his attorney sought relief from deportation based on Ontiveros-Lopez’s wife’s status as a United States citizen. In fact, counsel misread the law, and relief was statutorily unavailable to Ontiveros-Lopez on this basis.
The BIA…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha WangSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Hugo Castillo-Perez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by193 opinions
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