Legal Opinion
Chukwurah v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 5, 1993No. CV-92-5276 (CPS), CV-92-5853 (CPS)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SIFTON, District Judge.
Petitioner, Robert Chukwurah, appearing pro se, moves pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to set aside his conviction for heroin importation. Additionally, petitioner, who is a resident alien currently being detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), requests this Court to stay the deportation proceeding against him pending the resolution of his section 2255 petition and seeks an order directing the district director of the INS to release petitioner on special parole. For the following reasons, the section 2255 petition is denied, the…
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