Mukonkole v. Garland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KIFWA HUGUE MUKONKOLE, Petitioner, Case # 20-CV-6599-FPG v. DECISION AND ORDER ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK B. GARLAND, et al., Respondents. Pro se Petitioner Kifwa Hugue Mukonkole brought this Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his continued detention at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility on the grounds that his “removal from the United States is not likely to occur within the reasonable foreseeable future.” ECF No. 1 at 5. On February 17, 2023, Respondents filed a response opposing the…