United States Ninth Circuit

An alien individual, deemed inadmissible to the U.S. under 8 U.S.C. section 1182, is entitled to a post-removal-period detention limited to a reasonable time period under 8 U.S.C. section 1231(a)(6), and cannot be detained indefinitely by the INS.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/08/2002
• Decided 08/01/2002
• Published 08/01/2002

Judges

• Before RYMER, McKEOWN and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay W. Stansell, Assistant Public Defender and Michelle Sweet, Staff Attorney, Federal Public Defender's Office, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian G. Slocum, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.