LATEST SUMMARIES

CIVIL RIGHTS, ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, IMMIGRATION LAW
• Aris v. Mukasey

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
• US v. Ramirez-Sucar

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW, PER CURIAM
• Ximines v. George Wingate High Sch.

LATEST SUMMARIES

CIVIL RIGHTS, ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, IMMIGRATION LAW
Aris v. Mukasey, No. 07-1211
Denial of motion to reopen deportation proceedings and rescind a deportation order entered in absentia is vacated. A lawyer who misadvises his client concerning the date of an immigration hearing and then fails to inform the client of the deportation order entered in absentia (or the ramifications thereof) has provided ineffective assistance. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING
US v. Ramirez-Sucar, No. 06-2909
Sentence imposed based on guilty plea to unlawfully entering the U.S. is affirmed where the district court did not err in refusing to find that the existence of "fast-track" departures from Guidelines sentence calculations creates an unwarranted sentencing disparity. Read more...

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW, PER CURIAM
Ximines v. George Wingate High Sch., No. 06-3627
In ADEA suit by a math teacher alleging failure to promote and retaliation, dismissal of complaint is vacated in part where the EEOC charge was sufficient to permit plaintiff to pursue an ADEA claim with respect to a failure to promote. Read more...