Amarjit Singh v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

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• stating that the presumption of prejudice is sustained only if the petitioner’s claim “could plausibly succeed on the merits”
• applying presumption of prejudice where counsel failed to file any brief on appeal
• counsel “did not attempt to file a brief until nearly twenty months after the filing deadline”
• presumption is not rebutted if alien is able to show plausible grounds for relief from removal
• “A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel requires a showing of inadequate performance and prejudice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).