Case regarding a writ of habeas corpus
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15-04-2003
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15-04-2003
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15-04-2003
Hmaidan v. Ashcroft
No. 02 C 5097
April 16, 2003
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES B. ZAGEL, United States District Judge
A group of alien persons in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service seek the writ of habeas corpus on behalf of themselves and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons. The claim here is not that the INS is acting outside the scope of its regulations; rather, the regulations themselves are attacked as violating the due process clause of our Constitution on their face and