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Julio Baltazar-Alcazar Maria Guadalupe Baltazar v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
9th CircuitOctober 21, 2004No. 02-73363Cited 45 times
Plaintiff WinImmigration and Naturalization Service
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- McKeown, Bybee, Breyer
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- Circuit
- 9th Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
Wrongful Termination
Outcome
The Ninth Circuit granted the petition for review, holding that the Baltazars were denied their statutory right to counsel of choice when the immigration judge banned their law firm from representing them without a valid waiver, and remanded the case for a new hearing.
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