HASSOUN v. SEARLS

No. 20-2056-cv August Term 2019.

968 F.3d 190 (2020)

Adham Amin HASSOUN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Jeffrey SEARLS, in his official capacity as Acting Assistant Field Office Director and Administrator of The Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Hafetz ( Brett Max Kaufman , Charles Hogle , Judy Rabinovitz , Celso Perez , for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; A. Nicole Hallett , Supervising Attorney; Jessica Lewis , Stephen Ferro , Rule 46.1(e) Law Students, for the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL; Jonathan Manes , for the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Chicago, IL, on the brief), for Petitioner-Appellee.

Anthony D. Bianco , Senior Counsel for National Security ( Ethan P. Davis , Acting Assistant Attorney General; William C. Peachey , Director; Kathleen A. Connolly , Deputy Chief; Steven A. Platt , John J.W. Inkeles , Counsel for National Security, for the Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Daniel B. Moar , Assistant United States Attorney, for James P. Kennedy, Jr. , United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), for Respondent-Appellant.

Before: Cabranes, Sullivan, and Menashi, Circuit Judges.


Adham Amin Hassoun was held in immigration detention at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (BFDF) from October 10, 2017, until July 21, 2020, pending his removal from the United States.1 He is a stateless alien who was ordered removed in 2003 for...

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