Legal Opinion
Makowski v. United States
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 18, 2014No. 12 C 5265PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
JOAN B. GOTTSCHALL, United States District Judge
After Plaintiff James Aziz Makowski, a U.S. citizen, was arrested on July 7, 2010, an immigration detainer was issued against him. When Makowski pleaded guilty to a drug offense, the detainer caused him to be transferred to a maximum security prison rather than the boot camp for which he would otherwise have been eligible, and he spent approximately seventy days in custody before the detain-er was canceled and he was allowed to complete the boot camp and secure his release. Makowski has sued the Federal Bureau of…
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