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· 8/20/2009

Alejandro Rodriguez v. James Hayes

Citations

  • 591 F.3d 1105

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the petitioner’s claim was not moot when the petitioner could be re-detained at the government’s discretion, without a hearing before a neutral decisionmaker
  • holding that a habeas petition can be certified under Rule 23
  • holding that § 1252(f)(1) does not 28 limit declaratory relief
  • explaining that if petitioner had received a hearing before an Immigration Judge in which the government had the burden of justifying his detention, he would be “in a far different situation from his current one”
  • applying the voluntary cessation doctrine in holding that the petitioner’s release to parole , did not moot his habeas petition
  • noting that Rule 23(b)(2) “does not require [the court] to examine the viability or bases of class members’ claims or declaratory judgment, but only to look to whether class members seek uniform relief from a practice applicable to all of them”

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Judges: Fletcher, Fisher, Gould

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