Heung Wah Wong v. Ashcroft

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

This habeas case, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, currently presents two issues: (1) whether petitioner Heung Wah Wong, who pled guilty to a charge of illegal re-entry in this Court, can now collaterally attack the underlying deportation order, and (2) whether Wong may amend his petition (a second time) and assert an ineffective assistance of counsel claim to seek to vacate the guilty plea. For the reasons set forth below, I hold that Wong’s guilty plea precludes him from collaterally attacking the deportation order. The petition is deemed…