Legal Opinion
Bruce v. Slattery
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 4, 1991No. 91 Civ. 5439 (CHT)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TENNEY, District Judge.
Petitioner Floyd Murray Bruce, who has been held in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) at their detention center in New York City for the past twenty-nine months, brings this petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1988). For the reasons discussed below, the petition is denied.
BACKGROUND
Petitioner Bruce arrived at JFK International Airport on May 30, 1989 on a flight originating in Lagos, Nigeria. Return in Opposition to the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“R.”) at 132. Bruce presented himself to INS inspectors as an…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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