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Timestamp: 2017-06-28 18:00:43
Document Index: 594118195

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2241', '§241', '§ 241', '§1231', '§1231', '§1231', '§241', '§ 241']

| Wickson v. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Interim Field Office
Wickson v. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Interim Field Office
JACQUES WICKSON, PETITIONERv.BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT INTERIM FIELD OFFICE : DIRECTOR FOR DETENTION AND REMOVAL FOR THE PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT, ET AL., RESPONDENTS
Jacques Wickson ("Wickson"), presently a detainee of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), incarcerated at the York County Prison, York, Pennsylvania, filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2241on February 23, 2006. (Doc. 1). For the reasons set forth below, Wickson's petition will be referred to ICE as a request for review under 8 C.F.R. §241.13.
Wickson, a native and citizen of Haiti, is subject to a final order of removal from the United States entered in July 2005, which he does not contest. (Doc. 1, pp. 2, 4). ICE took custody of him on March 2, 2005. (Doc. 1, p. 2). Since that time, he has been given a custody file review in accordance with 8 C.F.R. § 241.4, but was dissatisfied with the analysis utilized during the review. (Doc. 1, p. 3).
To date, ICE has been unable to remove him to Haiti. (Doc. 1, p. 3) He argues that he has been in custody for more than six months and is seeking release pursuant to Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001).
Detention, release, and removal of aliens ordered removed is governed by the provisions of 8 U.S.C. §1231. Under §1231(a), the Attorney General has ninety days to remove an alien from the United States after his order of removal, during which time detention is mandatory. See 8 U.S.C. §1231.
The mandatory detention period expired in October 2005, and Wickson indicates that a custody file review was completed. Jurisdiction to make a determination concerning Wickson's custody would now lie with the HQPDU. It does not appear that he filed a written request for release with the HQPDU. Consequently, ICE will be ordered to treat the petition as a request for release under 8 C.F.R. §241.13. ICE shall respond to the request within thirty days.
Having referred the issue of release to the government for disposition under existing review procedures, this portion of Wickson's petition will be denied.
AND NOW, this 1st day of March, 2006, upon consideration of the petition for writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1), it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. As of the date of this Order, ICE shall treat the petition for writ of habeas corpus as a request for release under 8 C.F.R. §§ 241.13. ICE shall provide petitioner with a response to his request within thirty days.
2. The Clerk of Court is directed to serve a copy of the petition and this order on respondent and ...