Leonardo v. Crawford (9th Cir. 5/13/2011) In 2008, the Ninth Circuit decided Casas-Castrillon v. DHS, which held that aliens detained pending completion of their removal proceedings are entitled to a bond hearing before an immigration judge to determine whether their ongoing detention is justified. While a very important case for those in detention, there were […]
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Alien in Prolonged Detention Entitled to Bond Hearing to Determine Appropriateness of Continued Detention
Diouf v. Napolitano (9th Cir. 3/7/2011) The Ninth Circuit has previously ruled that a person who is in detention and has been ordered deported, but who has filed an appeal of the deportation order, is entitled to a bond hearing before an immigration judge to determine whether or not continued detention is appropriate because such […]