CHRZANOSKI v. ASHCROFT

Docket No. 02-2531.

327 F.3d 188 (2003)

Jaroslaw CHRZANOSKI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine R. Goldstein (Paul A. Engelmayer, on the brief), Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, New York, New York, Michael G. Moore, Springfield, Massachusetts, of counsel, for Petitioner-Appellant Jaroslaw Chrzanoski.

John B. Hughes, Assistant United States Attorney (Jeffrey A. Meyer, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut, for Respondent-Appellee John D. Ashcroft.

Before: STRAUB, KATZMANN, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.


KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the denial by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Squatrito, J.) of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 against respondent John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States ("the government"). The District Court denied the petition, reasoning that because petitioner's conviction of third degree assault in violation of section 53a-61...

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