Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit December 3, 2001, 01-1726 (Guillermo Hoyte-Mesa v. John Ashcroft)

PER CURIAM.

Guillermo Hoyte-Mesa, an excludable alien and citizen of Cuba, has been detained by the INS in federal prison since March 1996 pending deportation. Hoyte filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his detention on the grounds that it violates his due process rights and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.