Grant of a Laotian immigrant-petitioner's request for habeas relief after being taken into custody by the ICE without bond and conclusion that BIA had misinterpreted 8 U.S.C. section 1226 are affirmed as the government has adopted an interpretation contrary to the plain meaning of the statute and in the alternative, even if the statute were ambiguous, the position of the government is not a reasonable one.
Read Saysana v. Gillen, No. 09-1179
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided December 22, 2009
Judges
Before: Howard, Ripple, and Seyla, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Ripple, Circuit Judge
Counsel
For Appellant: Theodore W. Atkinson, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration
For Appellee: Kerry E. Doyle, Graves & Doyle, Jeanette Kain, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman