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: Legal Ethics ForumAG Holder reverses Mukasey's position on ineffective assistance claims in immigration matters
Nod to the Blog of the Legal Times: AG Eric Holder has reversed the decision of the prior AG, Michael Mukasey, in the Compean matter. Mukasey had decided that immigration court affords no constitutional guarantee against ineffective assistance of counsel. Reading between the lines of Holder's new decision, it appears that the Obama administration may recognize some sort of ineffective assistance of counsel claim, but will base it on new administrative rules.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).
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