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

handle is hein.journals/stjcrcl4 and id is 117 raw text is: NOTE 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.