U.S. v. VASQUEZ-BENITEZ

No. 18-3076 Consolidated with 18-3080.

919 F.3d 546 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant v. Jaime Omar VASQUEZ-BENITEZ, also known as Guero, also known as Alex Antonio Vasquez, also known as Jaime Hureo, also known as Jerman Vasquez-Mato, also known as Julio Israel Vasquez, also known as Herman Eduardo Vasquez, Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryne Gray , Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause for the appellant. Jessie K. Liu , United States Attorney, Erez Reuveni , Director, Joshua S. Press , Trial Attorney, Nicholas P. Coleman and Elizabeth Trosman , Assistant United States Attorneys were with her on brief.

Julia Fong Sheketoff , Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for the appellee. A.J. Kramer , Federal Public Defender was with her on brief. Mary M. Petras , Assistant Federal Public Defender, entered an appearance.

Yihong Mao was on brief for the amicus curiae National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild in support of the appellee.

Before: Henderson and Tatel, Circuit Judges, and Ginsburg, Senior Circuit Judge.


Jaime Omar Vasquez-Benitez is a citizen of El Salvador who has illegally entered the United States more than once and been removed from the country at least once. Upon his most recent entry, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") civilly detained him for the purpose of removing him from the country. The...

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