Doherty v. Thornburgh

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1991-08-27

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MINER, Circuit Judge: Petitioner-appellant Joseph Patrick Thomas Doherty appeals from a judgment entered on November 13, 1990 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Cedarbaum, J.) denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition is grounded on Doherty’s prolonged detention without bond pending deportation as an illegal alien. Doherty has been held in detention since June, 198…

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