Immigration, due process.
As an administrative officer can terminate an administrative proceeding in favor of a judicial proceeding, a waiver of legal representation to pursue a plausible claim of relief is invalidated by an affirmative misrepresentation by the administrative officer.
Dissent: District court made adverse credibility finding against the claim of misrepresentation. Petitioner might have otherwise obtained relief in interval.
https://d3bsvxk93brmko.cloudfront.net/datastore/opinions/2015/12/23/13-10645.pdf
Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Neither an authoritative statement of the law nor legal advice. Quick work.