Frank Dawson v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM *

Frank Bryan Dawson, a native and citizen of Belize, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (I J) order of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a). We grant the petition.

1. The BIA erred by denying Dawson’s request to be relieved of his former counsel’s concession of removability. A non-citizen is not bound by his attorney’s factual admissions or concession of removability where the admissions or concession were “ ‘the result of unreasonable professional judgment,’—i.e., ineffective…