Does the writ of habeas corpus, challenging illegality of detention, become a sham if it is not acted within a reasonable time?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Yong v. INS, 208 F.3d 1116 (9th Cir. 2000):
Nor do we now. "The writ of habeas corpus, challenging illegality of detention, is reduced to a sham if . .. trial courts do not act within a reasonable time." Jones v. Shell, 572 F.2d 1278, 1280 (8th Cir. 1978) (footnote omitted). A long stay also threatens to create the perception that courts are more concerned with efficient trial management than with the vindication of constitutional rights.
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