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Lucien Tran Van Nghia vs Hon Rofus Rodriguez, Col. Angelito Tan, Enrico Paner

LUCIEN TRAN VAN NGHIA, represented herein by his fiancee ROSITA ERNIE, petitioner, vs. HON. RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ, Commissioner on Immigration, COL. ANGELITO Q. TAN, Chief Intelligence Division, Any Guard and ENRICO PANER, Jail Warden, respondents.

G.R. No. 139758 | 2000-01-31

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This is a petition for habeas corpus filed by Rosita Ernie on behalf of petitioner Lucien Tran Van Nghia.

Petitioner, a French national, was ordered by the Bureau of Immigration to leave the country in an order dated February 28, 1991.1 [Rollo, p. 25.] He appealed the order to the Office of the President on April 4, 1994, which affirmed the Bureau's order and dismissed petitioner's appeal.2 [Id. at 28.] Petitioner was subsequently deported to Paris on April 11, 19963 [Id. at 30.] and was barred from again entering the Philippines.

However, petitioner was able to enter the country on December 20,...