Legal Opinion
Lindelo M. Dzana v. Charles C. Foti, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1987No. 86-3668PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
An Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) detainee appeals from the dis missal of his civil rights action against officials of the Orleans Parish prisons. Because we must hold that the district court applied the wrong legal standard in dismissing the case, we reverse and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
Lindelo Moses Dzana arrived in the United States from South America as a stowaway on March 9, 1979. Dzana petitioned for asylum, claiming that, as a former member of the African National Congress, he would be in danger from both the government and his former colleagues if he…
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