Legal Opinion
Sharma v. Ashcroft
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 2001No. CIV. A. 01-1231PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
SURRICK, District Judge.
Petitioners Chandra D. Sharma and Su-bodh C. Sharma brought the instant habe-as corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging the constitutionality of their mandatory detention by the Immigration & Naturalization Service (“INS”). Petitioners were detained by the INS after an Immigration Judge deemed them de-portable under the Immigration & Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq. (the “INA”) as a result of each of them having been convicted of an aggravated felony. Petitioners are being detained in the custody of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Reno v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Mathews v. DiazSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Landon v. PlasenciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Carlson v. LandonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Wong Wing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Patel v. ZemskiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Ramos Serrano v. EstradaDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2002
- Dean v. AshcroftDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2001
- Patel v. ZemskiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001