Fernandez v. Wilkinson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROGERS, District Judge.

Pedro Rodriguez, currently detained at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, having paid the necessary fee, has filed with the Clerk of the Court, this petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. A rule to show cause issued, respondent has filed an answer and return, and petitioner has filed his traverse. Kansas Legal Services, Inc., submitted an Amicus Curiae brief in behalf of petitioner. An evidentiary hearing was conducted and oral argument was heard by the Court from counsel for both parties and the Amicus…