Elsa Maria Zuna Bravo v. Superintendent, Strafford County Dept. of Corrections, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire partially granted Elsa Maria Zuna Bravo’s habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The court ordered respondents to provide her with a constitutionally adequate bond hearing before an immigration judge, with specified burdens of proof, but denied without prejudice her request for immediate release.

Holdings

1. Bravo was entitled to a constitutionally adequate bond hearing before an immigration judge as soon as practicable.
2. Bravo was not entitled at this stage to an order directing her immediate release; that request was denied without prejudice.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Bravo was entitled under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to a constitutionally adequate bond hearing before an immigration judge.
2. Whether Bravo was entitled to immediate release from immigration custody.

Disposition

other