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HOYTE-MESA v. ASHCROFT

No. 01-1726.

272 F.3d 989 (2001)

Guillermo HOYTE-MESA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillermo Hoyte-Mesa (submitted), Terre Haute, IN, pro se.

Jill E. Zengler, Office of the U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, IN, James G. Hoofnagle, Jr., Office of the U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Chicago, IL, John D. Ashcroft, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for John D. Ashcroft.

Jill E. Zengler, Office of the U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, IN, James G. Hoofnagle, Jr., Office of the U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Chicago, IL, for Harley G. Lappin and Doris Meissner.

Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Guillermo Hoyte-Mesa, an excludable alien and citizen of Cuba, has been detained by the INS in federal prison since March 1996 pending deportation. Hoyte filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his detention on the grounds that it violates his due process rights and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The district court denied his petition and we affirm.

Hoyte arrived in the United States in May...

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