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HUSSAIN v. MUKASEY

No. 07-2448.

510 F.3d 739 (2007)

Mohammad Azam HUSSAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iris E. Bennett (argued), Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, Geoffrey Heeren, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Douglas E. Ginsburg (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Hussain, sought temporary freedom by petitioning for federal habeas corpus, claiming that his detention pending removal proceedings deprived him of liberty without due process of law. (He named as a respondent, along with his immediate custodian, the Attorney General; whether the Attorney General is a proper respondent when the petitioner is detained pursuant to removal proceedings is an open question, Rumsfeld v. Padilla...

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