CA9 on Padilla: USA v. Rodriguez-Vega

Court Staff Summary - "Vacating a conviction of misdemeanor attempted transportation of illegal aliens, the panel held that the district court erred in failing to hold, upon a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, that defendant’s counsel was ineffective in failing to advise her that her plea agreement rendered her removal from the United States a virtual certainty." - USA v. Rodriguez-Vega, Aug. 14, 2015.