Cao
Cao v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Opinion
Lorenz, J.
ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR THE RELEASE OF MONETARY BONDS
Petitioners are five individuals currently subject to orders of removal, but released on bond. They have requested the Court to exonerate the bonds. The Court denies petitioners’ request.
Background
On March 9, 2001, this Court granted several applications for Writs of Habeas Corpus on behalf of twenty-three (23) individuals detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The Court found, pursuant to the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Ma v. Reno, 208 F.3d 815 (9th Cir.2000), that petitioners’ permanent detention by the INS pending deportation was illegal as there was no reasonable likelihood that petitioners would be deported in the reasonably foreseeable future due to the inability to find countries that would accept them.
The INS conditioned the release of five (5) of the twenty-three (23) petitioners on the posting of monetary bonds. The bond requirements were set prior to this Court’s March 9, 2001 order, the latest occurring in January of 2001. All five petitioners met the bond requirements and were released: petitioner Khang Quach was required to post a $10,000 bond; Khang Truong was required to post…