''Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez'', 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a

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case related to immigration detention.

Background

Aliens who have been ordered to be deported by immigration courts can be detained by the federal government, pending their removal from the country. The statute that authorizes such detention does not contain a set time limit for the detention, but in '' Zadvydas v. Davis'' (2001), the Supreme Court read in a six-month limitation to avoid what it perceived were constitutional issues. Antonio Arteaga-Martinez filed a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus ''Habeas corpus'' (; from Medieval Latin, ) is a legal procedure invoking the jurisdiction of a court to review the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and request the individual's custodian (usually a prison official) to ...

in the

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, arguing he was detained unlawfully due to the absence of a bond hearing. The district court granted his petition and ordered him released from detention, and after the federal government appealed, the

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summarily affirmed, citing to its previous opinion in ''Guerrero-Sanchez v. Warden''. The government subsequently filed a petition for a writ of certiorari.

Supreme Court

Certiorari was granted in the case and the companion case '' Garland v. Gonzalez'' on August 23, 2021. Oral arguments were held on January 11, 2022. On June 13, 2022, the Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit in a 8–1 vote, with Justice

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writing the majority opinion, Justice

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concurring, and Justice

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concurring in part and dissenting in part.

References

External links

* 2022 in United States case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court United States immigration and naturalization case law {{SCOTUS-Roberts-stub