Legal Opinion
Aris v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 20, 2008No. Docket 07-1211-agPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:
With disturbing frequency, this Court encounters evidence of ineffective representation by attorneys retained by immigrants seeking legal status in this country. We have previously indicated that ineffective assistance of counsel can constitute an “exceptional circumstance” warranting the reopening of a deportation order entered in absentia. See Twum v. INS, 411 F.3d 54, 59 n. 4 (2d Cir.2005). We write today to establish what we would have thought self-evident: A lawyer who misadvises his client concerning the date of an immigration hearing and then fails to inform the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Miguel Angel Iturribarria v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Alexander Twum v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Stanislav Iavorski v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Laffit Pincay, Jr. Christopher J. McCarron v. Vincent S. Andrews Robert Andrews Vincent Andrews Management Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Rashid v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Jezierski v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Flowers v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
- United States v. CernaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- Vaz dos Reis v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
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