by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 13 –A man who left Liberia fleeing the civil war there and entered the US in 2000 was detained by ICE on Varick Street on January 28.
That same day he filed a habeas corpus petition in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press found it.
The petition acknowledges that he was convicted of a misdemeanor in 2010 in New York. He was detained by ICE inside the interview room on January 28.
The case had still not been assigned out as of 11 pm on January 28.
Later it was assigned to Judge Jennifer L. Rochon, who set a February 13, 3 pm hearing.
Prior to that, the US Attorney's Office filed a rap sheet about sex with a 17 year-old who could not consent, and damage to property - first degree in Minneapolis - in 2007.
On February 13 Inner City Press attended the hearing - the petitioner, still known by initials, cried as Judge Rochon noted his failure to report (including, the AUSA pointed out, as a sex offender) and denied the petition. It seems that removal is imminent.
This case is D.W. v. Almodovar, et al., 1:26-cv-760 (Rochon)
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