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· 2/9/2005

Francisco Romero v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, John Ashcroft and James M. Ziglar

Citations

  • 399 F.3d 109
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 2041
  • 2005 WL 299698

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that counsel was “reasonable and prudent” to forgo available argument because that argument could “impair [petitioner’s] credibility”
  • holding that counsel was “reasonable and prudent” to forgo available argument because that argument could “impair [petitioner’s] credibility”
  • holding that counsel’s decision to omit issue that may have hurt applicant’s credibility is not ineffective assistance

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Judges: Cardamone, Jacobs, Cabranes

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