Does a serious mental disorder or defect render a person incompetent to represent themselves in a habeas case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ibanga v. Holder, Case No. 3:13-cv-2546-GPC (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
In Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder, the court addressed a habeas class action brought on behalf of individuals with "a serious mental disorder or defect that may render them incompetent to represent themselves in detention or removal proceedings, who
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