Jona Kipkorir Biwot v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General

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• concluding that an alien’s waiver of an administrative appeal was invalid because the alien “was under the misapprehension that he had no choice but to waive his appeal”
• holding that the IJ’s denial of petitioner’s right to counsel was prejudicial because “[w]ith an attorney, he would not have been forced to proceed pro se, to present a case with no evidence, [and] to answer the IJ’s inquiries without any idea of their legal significance”
• finding that IJs should grant reasonable continuances to give an alien sufficient time to locate counsel and permit counsel to prepare for a hearing
• holding that the IJ’s denial of petitioner’s right to counsel was prejudicial because “[w]ith an attorney, he would not have been forced to proceed pro se, to present a case with no evidence, [and] to answer the IJ’s inquiries without any idea of their legal significance”
• listing factors to be considered when deciding what constitutes a reasonable time to' obtain counsel
• listing factors to be considered when deciding what constitutes a reasonable time to obtain counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).