21 Sep 2017
CA9 on Departure as Waiver of Right to Appeal: Chavez-Garcia v. Sessions
Chavez-Garcia v. Sessions - "We grant ChavezGarcia’s petition for review because his departure from the United States, without more, does not provide clear and convincing evidence of a “considered” and “intelligent” waiver of the right to appeal."
[Hats off to Prof. Gowri Ramachandran (argued), Supervising Attorney; Alexandra Angel (argued), Charlie Wang (argued) Samuel Barry, and Nadejda Sokolova, Certified Law Students; Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, California; Andrew Knapp, Immigrant Access to Justice Assistance!]