Legal Opinion
Maurice Gittens v. Fredrick Menifee, Warden Fci
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 2, 2005No. Docket 03-3623PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Per curiam
On June 23, 2003, petitioner-appellant Maurice Gittens filed a pro se petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his detention and underlying deportation order on the grounds that he had not been apprised of his right to seek discretionary relief under § 212(c) of the Immigration & Nationality Act (“INA”) of 1952, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (repealed Sept. 80, 1996), when he consented to deportation. Because Gittens had unsuccessfully sought habeas relief on multiple occasions between November 2000 and January 2003, asserting substantially the same-argument each time, the United…
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