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4 Stan. J. C.R. & C.L. 113 (2008)
Detention, Due Process, and the Right to Counsel in Removal Proceedings

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DETENTION, DUE PROCESS, AND THE
RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN REMOVAL
PROCEEDINGS
Michael Kaufman*
IN TRO D U CTIO N  ....................................................................................................... 114
I. THE VALUE OF REPRESENTATION IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS ........................ 117
A .  Rem oval and  D etention  Basics ................................................................... 117
B. The Role of Counsel at Different Stages in the Removal Process .............. 121
II. THE CURRENT STATE OF REPRESENTATION IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS ....... 124
A .  The  Statutory  Right to  Counsel .................................................................. 124
B. Barriers to Representation and Case Preparation ....................................... 126
III. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO APPOINTED COUNSEL .......................................... 130
A. The Right to Access Counsel and to Effective Assistance ......................... 131
B. The Right to Appointed Counsel in Civil Proceedings .............................. 134
C. The Current Constitutional Right to Appointed Counsel in Immigration
Proceedings: Aguilera-Enriquez and Case-by-Case Adjudication ............. 136
D. Due Process Analysis of the Right to Appointed Counsel in Removal
P roceedings  ................................................................................................ 13 8
1. Lassiter and the Presumptive Right to Appointed Counsel ................. 138
2.  M athews  Due  Process Analysis ........................................................... 139
a.  Private  Interests  ............................................................................. 140
b.  Risk  of Erroneous  Deprivation  ...................................................... 141
c.  G overnm ent Interest ...................................................................... 144
d .  F inal  A nalysis  ................................................................................ 145
IV. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN FAVOR OF A RIGHT TO APPOINTED COUNSEL ..... 147

* Law clerk to Judge Sidney R. Thomas, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; J.D., Stanford Law
School (2007). I am grateful to Jayashri Srikantiah, Ahilan Arulanantham and Robert
Weisberg for their guidance and feedback on previous drafts.

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