U.S. v. LOPEZ-CHAVEZ

No. 11-50277.

757 F.3d 1033 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brigido LOPEZ-CHAVEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harini P. Raghupathi , Federal Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Mark R. Rehe , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, and STEPHEN REINHARDT and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

OPINION REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Brigido Lopez-Chavez challenges his conviction for criminal reentry by making a collateral attack on his underlying removal order. He argues that his attorney in the immigration proceedings provided ineffective assistance of counsel in erroneously conceding his removability, failing to appeal the removal order to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), and failing to petition the Seventh Circuit for review. He...

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