Legal Opinion
United States v. Igbonwa
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 7, 1997No. 96-1848, 97-1054UnknownCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal stems from an unusual order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, directing the “United States of America [to] take steps to prevent [Franklin Uzo Igbonwa’s] deportation to Nigeria.” Igbonwa, a Nigerian citizen who initially entered the United States in 1986 as a non-immigrant visitor for pleasure, was indicted by a federal grand jury and convicted in 1990 for drug violations. In a habeas corpus proceeding brought by Igbon-wa in 1996, the district court found that despite a written plea agreement…
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