Legal Opinion

Jean Neckson Cadet v. John M. Bulger

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 20, 2004No. 03-14565PublishedCited by 160 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Jean Neckson Cadet, a Haitian national convicted of a firearm and two robbery offenses in the United States, appeals the denial of his habeas petition, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Cadet argues that the BIA’s order removing him to Haiti violates the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) and the Eighth Amendment. After review, we conclude that § 2241 habeas jurisdiction remains available to Cadet but that the district court properly denied his § 2241 petition.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Immigration Judge's Order

In 1991, at age 18, Cadet fled Haiti and illegally entered the United…

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