Legal Opinion
Benitez v. Wallis
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 2003No. 02-14324PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Daniel Benitez, a native and citizen of Cuba, is an inadmissible alien who brought this § 2241 petition challenging his indefinite detention. The district court concluded that the INS’s determinations that Ben-itez posed a danger to the community and was likely to engage in further violent behavior were facially legitimate and bona fide reasons to detain Benitez until removal to Cuba is possible. Consequently, the district court denied Benitez’s § 2241 petition. After review and oral argument, we affirm.
*1290I. BACKGROUND
In 1980, Daniel Benitez attempted entry into the United States from the port…
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