Legal Opinion
Jose Angel Zamora-Escalona v. Warden Matthew Mordant, Alligator Alcatraz, et al.
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided June 17, 2026No. 2:26-cv-00584Unknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION JOSE ANGEL ZAMORA- ESCALONA, Case No. 2:26-cv-584-KCD-DNF Plaintiff, v. WARDEN MATTHEW MORDANT, ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ, et al., Defendants. / ORDER Petitioner Jose Angel Zamora-Escalona is a Cuban national who arrived in the United States in 1980 as part of the Mariel boatlift. (See Doc. 8.)1 After over thirty years in the country, an immigration judge ordered his removal. But because the Government could not effectuate his return to Cuba due to diplomatic barriers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)…
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Demore v. KimSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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