Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 30, 2008No. 04-72696PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:
Gerardo Hernandez and Elizabeth Prado, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision denying their motion to reopen their deportation proceedings on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. Petitioners claim their deportation proceedings warrant reopening because their due process rights were violated by the deficient assistance of an immigration consultant. Petitioners contend they are entitled to raise an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, even though they concede they relied on an individual…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Miguel Angel Iturribarria v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- LOZADABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- Gil Ilano Colmenar,petitioner v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Nehad v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Jezierski v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Granados-Oseguera v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Torres-Chavez v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Viridiana v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
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