CHAVEZ v. CARMICHAEL

No. COA18-317.

822 S.E.2d 131 (2018)

Carlos CHAVEZ, Petitioner, v. Irwin CARMICHAEL, Sheriff, Mecklenburg County, Respondent. Luis Lopez, Petitioner, v. Irwin Carmichael, Sheriff, Mecklenburg County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: November 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, by Sejal Zota , and Goodman Carr, PLLC, by Rob Heroy , Charlotte, for petitioners Luis Lopez and Carlos Chavez.

Womble Bond Dickenson (US) LLP, by Sean F. Perrin , Charlotte, for respondent.

U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, by Trial Attorney Joshua S. Press , for amicus curiae United States Department of Justice.


Mecklenburg County Sheriff Irwin Carmichael ("the Sheriff") appeals, in his official capacity, from two orders of the superior court ordering the Sheriff to release two individuals from his custody. We vacate the superior court's orders and remand to the superior court to dismiss the habeas corpus petitions for lack of subject...

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