MELO v. ASHCROFT

No. C.A.04-66S.

364 F.Supp.2d 183 (2005)

Carlos Alberto MELO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, as United States Attorney General, and Denis Riordan, as District Director, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto Gonzalez, Esq., Odette, Bazar & Gonzales, Inc., East Providence, RI, for Petitioner.

Dulce Donovan, Esq., U.S. Attorney's Office, Providence, RI, for Respondents.


Decision and Order

SMITH, District Judge.

Before this Court is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, brought by Carlos Alberto Melo ("Melo"), a former legal resident alien now in removal proceedings.1 On July 25, 1994, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Department of Homeland Security's predecessor (the "Government"), charged Melo with being subject to deportation...

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