Mehiel v. County Board of Legislators of Westchester

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• holding that a motion to reopen may also be based upon a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel provided that the alien has met certain procedural requirements
• requiring that the motion “reflect whether a complaint has been filed with the appropriate disciplinary authorities regarding such representation, and if not, why not”
• setting forth requirements for motions to reconsider based on alleged ineffective assistance of counsel in immigration court
• requiring an ineffective assistance claim to include a supporting affidavit attesting (1) to the petitioner’s agreement with counsel regarding scope of representation; (2
• “Any subsequent response from counsel, or report of counsel’s failure or refusal to respond, should be submitted with the [alien’s] motion.”
• “Any subsequent response from counsel, or report of counsel’s failure or refusal to respond, should be submitted with the motion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).