Legal Opinion
Beltran ex rel. R.M.B. v. Cardall
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 22, 2016No. 1:15cv745 (JCC/JFA)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
James C. Cacheris, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
In December of 2013, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detained RMB— a minor—and designated him an “unaccompanied alien child.” RMB was subsequently transferred to the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and placed by that agency in “child welfare” custody. His mother—Petitioner Dora Bel-tran—attempted to secure his release to her care. When ORR refused to release her son, she filed the instant Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
On August 5,2015, this Court denied the Petition and Petitioner…
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