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· 7/19/1999

Alikhani v. Fasano

Citations

  • 70 F. Supp. 2d 1124
  • 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20570
  • 1999 WL 792400

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that section 236(c) “provides that the Attorney General shall take an alien who has committed certain specified crimes into custody ‘when the alien is released’”
  • observing that certain sections of the IIRIRA deprive courts of jurisdiction to review the exercise of discretion by the Attorney General
  • concluding pre-Rojas that the statute requires immedi- acy
  • immigration detainee's equal protection rights were not violated by application of a new statute because Congress's decision to apply the statute prospectively was not arbitrary or irrational
  • “Webster’s Third New International Dictionary defines “when’ as ‘just after the moment that.’ ”

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Judges: Keep

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