Abolghasen Osee Yassini, and Masoud Mahdjoubi v. David Crosland, Acting Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service

Masoud Mahdjoubi challenges the directive of David Crosland, Acting Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), to revoke the deferred departure dates that the INS had previous-' ly granted to Iranian nationals in this country. Mahdjoubi contends that this revocation violated his right to due process and violated the procedural requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act and the Freedom of Information Act. At the heart of these contentions is a sensitive issue: was the Crosland directive an independent, “renegade” act of foreign policy, or merely an implementation…