Forbes v. Perryman

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Lincoln Forbes is in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) pending the administrative appeal of an order of removal. He claims that the denial of the possibility of release on bond pending his appeal violates his substantive and procedural due process rights, and he seeks a writ of habeas corpus. I grant the petition.

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The facts, as stated in my previous opinion denying the government’s motion to dismiss, are as follows. Mr. Forbes is a native of Jamaica, but he has lived in the United States since 1967 and is a…