Legal Opinion

Elkins v. Comfort

District Court, D. Colorado

Decided February 14, 2003No. CIV.A. 99-B-1113(BNB)Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BABCOCK, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Sonny (Kilson) Elkins (“Petitioner”; “Mrs. Elkins”) filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus on June 15, 1999. Mrs. Elkins alleges that respondents Michael Comfort, the United States Acting District Director for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”); John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General; and James Ziglar, Commissioner of the INS, (collectively “Respondents”) violated her equal protection rights by excluding her from the United States and denying her request for adjustment of status to “legally admitted for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
Leng May Ma v. BarberSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
Calcano-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
Hyung Joon Kim v. James W. Ziglar, Commissioner John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
Hernandez-Rodriguez v. PasquarellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997

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