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Original Date Announced
December 18, 2018The EOIR Director issues a policy memo that directs all EOIR employees to report all suspected violations of the EOIR Rules of Professional Conduct for practitioners (including all judicial findings of ineffective assistance of counsel) to the EOIR disciplinary counsel. The memo requires the report to be made within 60 days of observing or discovering practitioner misconduct. The memo describes "a wide range of conduct" that may provide grounds for discipline, including "contumelious or otherwise obnoxious conduct" and "taking action to cause unnecessary delay." The policy memo applies to both private attorneys and authorized representatives.
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EOIR Policy Memorandum (PM-19-06): Internal Reporting of Suspected Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Professional MisconductEffective Date
January 1, 2019Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Hearings and AdjudicationsAgencies Affected: EOIRPre Trump-Era Policies
- February 27, 2014 Fact Sheet EOIR's Attorney Discipline Program