Legal Opinion
Singh v. Nelson
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 12, 1985No. 85 CIV. 3141 (PKL)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEISURE, District Judge:
Petitioners are refugees from Afghanistan held in detention in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS” or “Service”) at the Service Processing Center, 201 Varick Street, New York, New York (“SPC”), pending the completion of exclusion proceedings to determine their admissibility to the United States. 1 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c) (1982), they challenge the legality of their continued detention under domestic and international law. The parties have agreed that there is no need for discovery or an evidentiary hearing, since all the relevant…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mathews v. DiazSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Landon v. PlasenciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Kleindienst v. MandelSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Amanullah v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- SANCHEZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1996
- Bedredin v. SavaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1986
- Amanullah & Wahidullah v. Alan C. Nelson, Charles T. Cobb, and Anne Frank, Mohammed Osman Mohibi v. Alan C. Nelson, Etc., Ziaullah Saddozai v. Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Ukrainian-American Bar Association, Inc. v. James A. Baker, Iii, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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