United States Eighth Circuit

The ineffective assistance rendered by plaintiff's counsel is an exceptional circumstance which justifies rescinding the in absentia removal order entered in her case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2005
• Published 07/08/2005

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, HEANEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Herbert Azubuike Igbanugo, Edmundo D. Lijo, Riddhi Jani, Blackwell & Igbanugo, Minneapolis, MN, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Emily Anne Radford, Papu Sandhu, Linda S. Wernery, Jennifer Keeney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office Of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Janice K. Redfern, Jonathan F. Cohn, Ari Nazarov, Alison R. Drucker, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondents.