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Soroa-Gonzales v. Civiletti

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided June 4, 1981No. Civ. A. C80-1356APublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

SHOOB, District Judge.

Is it fair or reasonable for the President of the United States to invite refugees from Cuban oppression to this country and then detain one of them indefinitely in a maximum security federal prison on the sole ground that he, like 130,000 other Cuban refugees who are now free on parole, arrived without proper entry papers? The answer is no. It is neither fair, reasonable nor humane. Can this Court do anything about it? This Court concludes that it can.

Petitioner, presently incarcerated at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, is a Cuban refugee who arrived in the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. MezeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Jean v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  2. Rafael Fernandez-Roque, Moises Garcia-Mir, Orlando Chao-Estrada v. William French Smith, Rafael Fernandez-Roque v. William French SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  3. Mehinovic v. VuckovicDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2002
  4. Louis v. NelsonDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1982
  5. United States v. Donald G. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982

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