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Ferris v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

District of ConnecticutHallDecided February 3, 2004

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Agency ICE Read by a model
The Immigration and Naturalization Service and its function have been replaced by the Bureau of Customs and Immigration Enforcement, which is within the newly created Department of Homeland Security.
Form or filing None named Read by a model
What the suit asked for Not recorded Read by a model
Kind of order A ruling on a motion or the petition Read by a model
RULING DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS [Dkt. No. 1]
Motion decided None Read by a model
Whose motion The plaintiff's motion Read by a model
Pro se petitioner Abdalla Gowan Ferris requests that this court grant his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and for a writ of mandamus [Dkt. No. 1].
Disposition Dismissed The case or every delay claim was dismissed for a reason other than mootness. Read by a model
Thus, whether exhaustion is mandated by § 1252(d)(1) or is judicially-created, the court is without jurisdiction and therefore dismisses the petition.
Prevailing party Government Read by a model
For all of the aforementioned reasons, the petitioner's request for a grant, of the writ of habeas corpus and for a writ of mandamus [Dkt. No. 1] is denied.
The other claims Relief denied Read by a model
For all of the aforementioned reasons, the petitioner's request for a grant, of the writ of habeas corpus and for a writ of mandamus [Dkt. No. 1] is denied.
Months pending Not stated Read by a model
TRAC factors The court did not weigh the TRAC factors Read by a model
Threshold rulings None Read by a model
Nationality Antigua Read by a model
Petitioner Abdalla Gowan Ferris, a 29-year-old citizen of Antigua

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