United States Ninth Circuit

The INS is not a proper respondent in a habeas petition challenging lawfulness of potentially indefinite detention; remanded to allow amendment of petition to include appropriate respondent.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/04/2003
• Decided 08/26/2003
• Published 08/26/2003

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge., Before: MESKILL,FERGUSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Tanaka, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the Petitioner-Appellant., Marc Van Der Hout, Van Der Hout & Brigagliano, San Francisco, California, and Liliana M. Garces, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, Oakland, CA, for the Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Greg D. Mack and Earle B. Wilson, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the Respondent-Appellee.