Legal Opinion
Zadvydas v. Underdown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1999No. 97-31345PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-appellee Kestutis Zadvydas (Zadvydas) applied for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He alleged that since he is a stateless person and there is no possibility of effectuating his deportation to another country, his continued detention by respondents-appellants the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and its district director (whose successor, Lynne Underdown, has been substituted as a party respondent-appellee) constitutes punishment without due process of law and thus violates his due process rights and international law. The…
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