Santos v. Clesceri

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION OSCAR GABRIEL LOPEZ SANTOS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) Case No. 3:20-cv-50349 v. ) ) Honorable Iain D. Johnston MICHAEL CLESCERI,1 ) Chief of Corrections, McHenry County Jail, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The government must detain certain criminal noncitizens pending their removal proceedings under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c). Oscar Gabriel Lopez Santos (Lopez Santos), who has been granted asylum twice by an immigration judge, was detained under that statute and has now been in custody of Immigration…