Wednesday, September 22, 2010

More Unpublished Decisions

U.S. v. Carbajal-Moreno, 2010 WL 3548490 (9/14/10) (unpub'd) - Counsel was not per se ineffective just because he was disbarred at the time of the trial. Counsel is only per se ineffective when counsel never was licensed to practice law.

Castillo-Torres v. Holder, 2010 WL 3529413 (9/13/10) (unpub'd) - It is a crime of moral turpitude to make false statements to government authorities with an intent to mislead them. So, the alien's misdemeanor convictions for lying to a police officer and during a preliminary hearing were for crimes of moral turpitude.

Moore v. State of Colorado Department of Human Services, 2010 WL 3529355 (9/13/10) - It was impossible to determine the basis of federal court jurisdiction or a colorable cause of action where the plaintiff alleged as follows: "I what a hearing. It is not right."