Legal Opinion
Ishtyaq v. Nelson
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 4, 1983No. CV-82-2288PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIFTON, District Judge.
This is a proceeding seeking the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus instituted by thirty-three Afghan and three Iranian nationals who claim that they are being unlawfully detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”). Petitioners are said to have arrived in the United States from India and Pakistan between January 1982 and May 1983 and, upon arrival, to have applied for political asylum pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) on the ground that they are refugees and will be persecuted in their respective home countries if they return to them. 1 At least…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Amanullah v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- SANCHEZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1996
- Associated Fisheries of Maine, Inc. v. DaleyDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1997
- Singh v. NelsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Amanullah & Wahidullah v. Alan C. Nelson, Charles T. Cobb, and Anne Frank, Mohammed Osman Mohibi v. Alan C. Nelson, Etc., Ziaullah Saddozai v. Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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