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NEHAD v. MUKASEY

No. 07-70606.

535 F.3d 962 (2008)

Fridoon Zalbeg Rawshan NEHAD, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 31, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy A. Chouteau, Aguirre Law Group, San Diego, CA, for the petitioner.

Jacob A. Bashyrov, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: W. FLETCHER and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and LOUIS H. POLLAK, Senior District Judge.

POLLAK, District Judge:

Fridoon Zalbeg Rawshan Nehad ("Rawshan") petitions for review of an order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings on the basis of ineffective assistance of his counsel, Pieter Speyer. This is an atypical ineffective-assistance claim, inasmuch as counsel's alleged ineffectiveness derived not from the giving of incompetent advice, but from pressuring his client into accepting voluntary departure...

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