Legal Opinion

Daniel Benitez v. Robert Wallis

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 11, 2005No. 02-14324PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before DUBINA, BLACK and HULL, Circuit Judges. HULL, Circuit Judge:

Daniel Benitez, a native and citizen of Cuba, is an inadmissible alien who brought a § 2241 petition challenging his immigration detention. The district court concluded that the INS’s determinations that Ben-itez posed a danger to the community and was likely to engage in further violent behavior were facially legitimate and bona fide reasons to detain Benitez until removal to Cuba was possible. Consequently, the district court denied Benitez’s § 2241 petition. This Court…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Zadvydas v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. Clark v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Benitez v. WallisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  4. Benitez v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Zadvydas v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. Jose Angel Zamora-Escalona v. Charles Parra, et al.District Court, S.D. Florida · 2026
  3. Manuel Pedro Iglesias Perez v. Warden, Federal Detention Center Miami, et al.District Court, S.D. Florida · 2026

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