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TORRES-CHAVEZ v. HOLDER

No. 05-72226.

567 F.3d 1096 (2009)

Eduardo TORRES-CHAVEZ, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Brazelton, Reno, NV, for the petitioner-appellant.

Peter D. Kiesler, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Carol Federighi, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before: M. MARGARET McKEOWN and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and FREDERIC BLOCK, District Judge.

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Eduardo Torres-Chavez petitions for review of a final order of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). He claims that his concession of alienage before the Immigration Judge was the result of legal representation so egregiously deficient that it violated his Fifth Amendment right to due process. We hold that Torres's due process rights were not violated by his lawyer's performance, and accordingly deny his petition for review...

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