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AKINWALE v. ASHCROFT

No. 00-12655.

287 F.3d 1050 (2002)

Dominick AKINWALE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Doris Meissner, Commissioner INS, Fred Alexander, District Director, Juan Campos, Asst. District Director, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Cheryl L. Haas-Goldstein, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Deborah Danzig (Court-Appointed), Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Anthony Cardozo Payne, David V. Bernal, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before BLACK and HULL, Circuit Judges, and LAZZARA, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Dominick Akinwale appeals the dismissal of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 for a writ of habeas corpus related to his detention by Respondents. After review and oral argument, we affirm the dismissal of Akinwale's § 2241 petition.

I. BACKGROUND

Akinwale is a native and citizen of Nigeria who entered the United States in 1984 on a nonimmigrant visa and was granted permanent resident status in 1987. In 1993, he...

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