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UNITED
STATES
DISTRICTCOURTDISTRICTOFRHODE
ISLAND
285
8
Docket#Respondents.Petitioner,
-against-
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)
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)
MichaelChertoff,Secretary,)Department
of
HomelandSecurity,)JohnTorres,Director,)ICEOffice
of
DetentionandRemoval,)BruceChadbourne,BostonFieldOfficeDirector,)ICEOffice
of
DetentionandRemovalOperations,)WayneT.SalisburyJr.,Warden,)
DonaldW.WyattDetentionFacility,)
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HiuLuiNGA73-558-364
PETITIONFOR
\VRIT
OF
HABEAS
CORPUS
WITH
EMERGENCY
ORDER
TO
SHO\VCAUSE
\VITHIN
THREE
DAYS
PURSUANT
TO
28U.S.C.§2241
ET
SEQ.
1)PetitionerherebypetitionsthisCourtunder28U.S.C.§2241,etseq.,to
issueaWrit
of
HabeasCorpusorderingPetitioners'releasefromthecustody
of
theDepartment
of
HomelandSecurity,UnitedStatesImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement("ICE").Inthealternative,PetitionerrequeststhattheCourtorderRespondentstoshow
causewithinthreedayspursuantto8U.S.C.§2243.
GROUNDS
FOR
EMERGENCYORDER
TO
SHOW
CAUSE
\VITH
A
RETURN
DATE
OFTHREE
DAYS
2)
PetitionerrequeststhatthisCourtorderRespondentstoimmediatelyshowcausewhythereliefrequestedinthispetitionshouldnotbegranted.Accordingto28
U.S.c.§2243:
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Acourt,justiceor
judge
entertaininganapplicationforawrit
of
habeascorpusshallforthwithawardthewritorissueanorderdirectingtherespondenttoshowcausewhythewritshouldnotbegranted,unlessitappearsfromtheapplicationthattheapplicantorpersondetainedisnotentitledthereto.Thewrit,orordertoshowcauseshallbedirectedtothepersonhavingcustody
of
thepersondetained.
It
shallbereturnedwithinthreedaysunlessforgoodcauseadditionaltime,notexceedingtwentydays,isallowed.28U.S.C.
§
2243(emphasisadded).
JURISDICTION
3)JurisdictionisproperinthisCourtpursuantto28U.S.C.§2241(habeas
corpus);28U.S.C.
§
1331(federalquestionjurisdiction);theAdministrativeProcedureAct,5U.S.C.§701etseq.;F.R.C.P.Rule81etseq.,anddeclaratory
judgme
ntandmandamus,broughtpursuantto28USCsec.2201,28USCsec.1361.
VENUE
4)Venueisproperinthiscourt,whichexercisesjurisdictioninpetitionsforhabeascorpusfiledbypersonsresidingintheDistrict
of
RhodeIsland.PetitionerisincarceratedatWyattDetentionFacility,CentralFalls,RhodeIsland.
PARTIES
5)Petitionerisanativeandcitizen
of
thePeople
's
Republic
of
China.Heisthebeneficiary
of
anapproved1-130ImmigrantPetitionfiledonhis
behalf
byhisUnitedStatesCitizenwife.HeispresentlyincarceratedatDonaldW.WyattDetentionFacility
inCentralFalls,RhodeIsland.
6)Respondent,MichaelChertoff,isthedulyappointed,qualified,confirmed
andactingSecretary
of
HomelandSecurity.Heissuedinhisofficialcapacity,inwhich
hebearstheresponsibility
of
theadministrationandenforcementofallthefunctions,
2
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powersandduties
of
thenewlyformedBureau
of
ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement("ICE"),includingmaintainingandenforcingPetitioner'scustody,settingterms
of
parole,
if
any.7)Respondent,BruceChadbourne,theBostonDistrictFieldOfficeDirector
incharge
of
Office
of
DetentionandRemovalOperations
of
theBureau
of
ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement("ICE")issuedinhisofficialcapacity,inwhichhebearstheresponsibility
of
theadministrationandenforcement
of
theICE'sfunctionsrelatingtodetentionandremoval
of
aliens,includingmaintainingandenforcingPetitioner'scustody,settingterms
of
parole,
if
any.8)Respondent,WayneT.SalisburyJr.,Warden
of
theWyattDetentionFacility,istheofficialchargedwithresponsibilityfordetention
of
Petitioner.
FACTUALBACKGROUND
9)Petitioner,HiuLuiNO("Mr.Ng"),isanativeandcitizen
of
thePeople'sRepublic
of
China("China").HewasbornonAugust3
,1974
inWenzhoucity,ZhejiangProvinceinChina.10)Mr.NgenteredtheUnitedStateslawfullywithhisparentsonFebruary6,1992onaB-2visa.Hewasseventeenyearsoldatthetime.HeremainedintheUnitedStatespasttheauthorizedtime.11)ANoticetoAppearwasissuedtoMr.NgonDecember11,2000,orderinghimtoappearinanimmigrationhearingonFebruary2,2001.However,sincethenoticewas
mailedtoanonexistentaddress,Mr.Ngdidnotreceivenoticeanddidnotappearatthehearing.3
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