Legal Opinion
Ferris v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 3, 2004No. 3:03-cv-00483PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS [Dkt. No. 1]
HALL, District Judge.
Pro se petitioner Abdalla Gowan Ferris requests that this court grant his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and for a writ of mandamus [Dkt. No. I]. 1 Ferris argues that the detainer lodged against him by the Respondent, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), 2 has prevented him from being released on parole and therefore seeks to have the detainer lifted. To the extent that Ferris’ pleading can be considered a petition for a writ of mandamus, the court…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. YousefCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Athanasios Theodoropoulos v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Anthony Simmonds, A/K/A Anthony Simmons v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Beharry v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Gomes v. Avco Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by3 opinions
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