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APPLICATION OF PIERRE

Civ. A. No. 85-0216.

605 F.Supp. 265 (1985)

In the Matter of the Application of Jean-Baptiste Edvard PIERRE, For a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Jean-Baptiste Edvard PIERRE, Petitioner, v. Lyle KARN, as District Director of the Philadelphia District of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

April 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin T. Loughry, Michael Carroll, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

Alexander Ewing, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KATZ, District Judge.

Petitioner, a Haitian, seeks a Writ of Habeas Corpus for release from detention pending the Government's consideration of his application for asylum in the United States. A hearing on this Petition was held on March 28, 1985. The Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus will be Denied with leave to renew if the application for asylum is not resolved expeditiously.

On January 19, 1983, petitioner left Haiti and...

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