Habeas corpus cases, once rare in Western Pennsylvania, now flood the federal docket as ICE detainees challenge detentions.

A Hawaii federal judge was temporarily assigned to a Los Angeles-based district court to assist with the jurisdiction’s ...

A legal maneuver once reserved for death row inmates and suspected terrorists has become the only recourse for immigrant ...

The ancient writ of habeas corpus, which allows one to petition unlawful imprisonment to a judge, has had a banner year because of the Trump administration's mass deportation program. In Florida, one ...

Big jump in "habeas corpus" petitions in Honolulu mirrors nationwide trend, a reflection of climbing ICE activity under the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are a lot of Latin legal terms in the news lately. One that has always been considered essential is habeas corpus. The writ ...

President Donald Trump appeared not to hear or not understand a reporter’s question about possibly “suspending habeas corpus.” In any event, he attempted to foist the inquiry onto Homeland Security ...

The consolidated petitions for habeas corpus filed by the children of former President Rodrigo Duterte are still pending with ...

Leilani Stacy, immigrants' rights attorney at the ACLU of Hawaiʻi, explains what habeas petitions are and how they're used to aid immigrant detainees.