Jose Chavez-Alvarez v. Warden York County Prison

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that mandatory detention under § 1226(c) becomes unjustified around the one-year mark unless the alien engages in delay tactics
• recognizing that mandatory detention under § 1226(c) becomes unjustified around the one- year mark unless the alien engages in delay tactics
• holding that detention approaching or exceeding one year without a meaningful bond hearing raises serious constitutional concerns
• holding that petitioner detained under § 1226(c) for one year must receive bond hearing
• noting that petitioner was “being held in detention at York County Prison with those serving terms of imprisonment as a penalty for their crimes”
• holding “at a certain point . . . the burden to an alien’s liberty outweighs a mere presumption that the alien will flee and/or is dangerous.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).