Legal Opinion
Alaka v. Elwood
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 8, 2002No. 2:02-cv-04664PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
On July 15, 2002, Oyenike Alaka (“Ala-ka”) filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging her continued detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) pending removal proceedings. I will grant the petition.
I. Procedural History
Petitioner, Oyenike Alaka (“Alaka”), a native of Nigeria, is a thirty-eight year-old lawful permanent resident of the United States. She first entered this country without inspection in November 1984. 1 She became a temporary resident on November 28, 1988. 2 She…
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