Legal Opinion
Ebel Gaitan Campanioni v. William Barr, Acting Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1992No. 91-4704PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
The Attorney General attempts to appeal a district court order appointing counsel for Cuban detainees under the Criminal Justice Act. We find that the order is an unap-pealable collateral order, and dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. We deny the government’s alternative petition for mandamus because the request for relief is best addressed on appeal from a final judgment in the case.
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Appellees are five Cubans who entered this country during the Mariel Boatlift of 1980 and were detained by the INS. Pending their “exclusion hearing,” the INS granted the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Murphy v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Reuben Palmer v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- In re Fibreboard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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