Legal Opinion
Joseph Patrick Doherty v. U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 1990No. 662, 880, Dockets 88-4084, 89-4092PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Patrick Doherty, a member of the Provisional Irish Republican ' Army (“PIRA”) who has been imprisoned in this country since 1983, petitions this court to review: (1) an order of former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, dated June 9, 1988, that rejected Doherty’s designation of the Republic of Ireland as his country of deportation; and (2) an order of Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, dated June 30, 1989, that denied Doherty’s motion to reopen his deportation proceedings for the purposes of applying for asylum and for withholding of deportation. For the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. AbuduSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-PinedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wong Wing Hang v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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- Doherty v. ThornburghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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- RUIZ-MASSIEUBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1999
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