Legal Opinion
In Re Cuban
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 7, 1993No. 3:MI-90-398PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Procedural Background
This action initiated on December 18,1990, when thirty-seven (37) individual habeas corpus petitions filed by Mariel Cubans detained at the United States Penitentiary, Lewis-burg, Pennsylvania (USP-Lewisburg) were consolidated into a class action. The consolidation order also directed that the case be assigned to a three judge panel and counsel be appointed to represent the interests of the petitioners.
Following the initial consolidation, additional habeas petitions filed by USP-Lewis-burg Mariel detainees were likewise joined. The claims of twenty-two…
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