Habeas cases peaked end-January

The number of habeas corpus cases filed weekly since the beginning of Operation Metro Surge has fluctuated but remained on a broadly upward trend through December and January.

Habeas suit counts include civil suits with Nature of Suit Codes: 463 - Habeas Corpus (Alien Detainee); 530 - Habeas Corpus (General); 535 - Habeas Corpus (Death Penalty); 555 - Habeas Corpus (Prison Condition)
Chart: Shadi Bushra, MinnPostSource: MinnPost analysis of Public Access to Court Electronic Records dataGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper