Legal Opinion
United States v. Innocent Batamula
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 3, 2016No. 12-20630PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge, joined by STEWART, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, PRADO *, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES *, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges:
The court voted to rehear this case en banc to consider whether Innocent Ruta-hagara Batamula has made a sufficient showing of prejudice in his ineffective assistance of counsel claim to survive summary judgment. We hold that Batamula failed to allege a non-frivolous prejudice claim and accordingly we AFFIRM the district court.
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Batamula, a Tanzanian citizen, entered the United States on a student visa in 2001 and…
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