Bonsol v. Perryman.

• Position: HABEAS CORPUS - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

ALIEN

Bonsol v. Perryman, 240 F.Supp.2d 823 (N.D.Ill. 2003). A permanent resident alien who was being detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) under a statute requiring detention of aliens who are deportable because of their criminal offenses, petitioned for habeas corpus relief. The district court held that it had jurisdiction over the constitutional challenge to the statute governing detention of criminal aliens. The court found that the mandatory detention...