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SINGH v. ASHCROFT

Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Defendant's appeal of the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition is denied as the Board of Immigration Appeals did not err in rejecting...

TINEO v. ASHCROFT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Defendant's reliance on the doctrine of an "innocent, casual, and brief departure," to defend against INS's claim that defendant briefly left the...

HUDSON v. JONES

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's conditional writ of habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of counsel is reversed as trial judge only...

TUCKER v. OZMINT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On appeal, defendant's Sixth Amendment claim is affirmed as there was no error found in the district court's denial of habeas relief.

NUNES v. MUELLER

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel, this case is remanded for the entry of an order releasing defendant unless the state offers the...

BRODIT v. CAMBRA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of habeas relief is affirmed where it did not err in finding that petitioner's right to due process had not been violated...

LY v. HANSEN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
The district court's grant of habeas relief to a deportable criminal alien is affirmed where the government failed to show a strong special...

WILSON v. ASHCROFT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
The district court is reversed and remanded to determine whether petitioner's state crime was either a state drug trafficking felony or the equivalent...

GOMEZ v. JAIMET

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of habeas relief is affirmed where petitioner failed to show a fundamental miscarriage of justice sufficient to overcome...

MEDBERRY v. CROSBY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Grant of certificate of appealability on habeas corpus petitions challenging two separate prison disciplinary actions against petitioner are reversed...