United States Eighth Circuit

Detention of inadmissible aliens does not raise the same constitutional concerns as does detention of admitted aliens, and a proper narrowing construction of 8 U.S.C. section 1231(a)(6) does not limit the government's statutory authority to detain admissible aliens.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2003
• Published 04/15/2003

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, HEANEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Earle B. Wilson, argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, OIL, Washington, DC (Brian G. Slocum, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Katherine M. Menendez, argued, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.