SHARMA v. ASHCROFT

No. CIV. A. 01-1231.

158 F.Supp.2d 519 (2001)

Chandra D. SHARMA, et al. v. John ASHCROFT, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

May 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Morley, Bagia and Morley, Phila, Thomas E. Moseley, Newark, NJ, for Chandra D. Sharma, Subodh C. Sharma, Petitioners.

Linda L. Bocchino, Assistant U.S. Attorney, James G. Sheehan, U.S. Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Mary Ann Wyrsch, Acting Commissioner of the Immigration & Naturalization Service, Charles Zemski, Acting District Director, Edward Nordmark, Assistant District Director for Detention and Deportation, Susan Gerlinski, Warden, Low Security Correctional Institution Allenwood, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

SURRICK, District Judge.

Petitioners Chandra D. Sharma and Subodh C. Sharma brought the instant habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging the constitutionality of their mandatory detention by the Immigration & Naturalization Service ("INS"). Petitioners were detained by the INS after an Immigration Judge deemed them deportable under the Immigration & Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, 8 U...

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