Here we present examples of ineffective assistance of counsel in the sentencing context. Learn what errors at sentencing might qualify you for 2255 relief.Note that claiming ineffective assistance of counsel means that you give up some of your attorney-client confidentiality privileges with that attorney. You get what you pay for. And filing such a motion is useless, because they're simply replacing the PD now with another equally incompetent PD. Some courts have recognized that ineffective assistance also can be raised on direct appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). After his direct appeal and state habeas review, Clark filed a federal habeas petition, alleging, in part, ineffective assistance of counsel. Because we agree with the District Court that Clark's defense counsel was not ineffective, we will affirm. 2d 623, 628 (1987) (holding that a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel must be filed "in the appellate tribunal which considered the primary appeal."). Customer: My son's attorney gave him an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel form to fill out but failed to tell him where to send it.