United States Ninth Circuit

Absent a potential repatriation agreement with an alien's nation of origin, the government may not detain an alien it seeks to deport for more than six months.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/27/2001
• Published 07/27/2001

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  REINHARDT, THOMPSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• George A. Cumming, Jr., San Francisco, CA, for amicus Law Professors., Todd Burns, San Diego, CA, for amicus National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers., William J. Aceves, San Diego, CA, for amici Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Advocates, the Jesuit Refugee Service, the World Organization Against Torture USA, and the Extradition and Human Rights Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association., Carolyn M. Wiggin, Sacramento, CA, for amicus Federal Public Defender., Frank Tse, San Francisco, CA, for amicus Southeast Asia Resource Action Center.


• For Appellees:
  
• Quynh Vu,United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellant., Jennifer Wellman (argued), Jay Warren Stansell, Federal Public Defender's Office, Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner-appellee.