Nico Benn appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition which challenged his post-removal-order detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The district court did not err in denying the petition. Gisbert v. United States Attorney General, 988 F.2d 1437, 1440 (5th Cir. 1993), amend *140 ed by 997 F.2d 1122 (5th Cir. 1993). Benn’s post-removal-order detention was authorized under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)(C). Benn’s incomplete and conflicting statements to the INS hampered the INS’s ability to effectuate removal and served to extend the removal period of 8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(1)(A). Balogun v. INS, 9 F.3d 347, 350-51 (5th Cir. 1993). The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.