Legal Opinion
Sharpe v. Riley
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 3, 2003No. CIV.A. 03-3052PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.
Petitioner Clinton Sharpe, Jamaican national facing deportation in connection with his 1991 convictions for unlawful restraint and criminal contempt, filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The issues before the court are (1) whether unlawful restraint and criminal contempt are crimes involving moral turpitude, (2) whether applying retroactively the “stop time” rule contained in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) in Sharpe’s case is unconstitutional, and (3) whether,…
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