Sosnava Rodriguez v. Ortega and 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) Detention in the Fifth Circuit
This practice alert explains the holding of the now-vacated decision on the merits from a panel of the Fifth Circuit in Sosnava Rodriguez v. Ortega , No. 26-50183, and collects caselaw in which district judges have granted habeas relief despite the Fifth Circuit’s recent decisions to vacate the panel’s merits decision and enter a stay of the district court orders pending en banc review.
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Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from National Immigration Project on Detention / Bond; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.
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