United States First Circuit

Defendant claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is denied where counsel's own carelessness is not an excuse for defendant's failure to appear.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2004
• Published 07/12/2004

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Iverson on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michelle R. Thresher, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice, and Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.