YESIL v. RENO

No. 96 Civ. 8409(DC).

973 F.Supp. 372 (1997)

Engin YESIL, Petitioner, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. DiRaimondo, Marialaina L. Masi, New York City and Thomas E. Moseley, Newark, NJ, for Petitioner.

Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty. for Southern District of New York by James A. O'Brien III, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Diogenes P. Kekatos, Pierre M. Gentin, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, for Respondents.

Lucas Guttentag, Lee Gelernt, Laura L. Ho, New York City, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Immigrants' Rights Project.

Helaine Barnett, Scott Rosenberg, New York City and Manuel D. Varas, New York City, for Amicus Curiae Legal Aid Society of New York City.


OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

On February 27, 1997, I issued an opinion in this case granting Engin Yesil's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Yesil v. Reno, 958 F.Supp. 828 (S.D.N.Y.1997). I held that sections 401(e) and 440(a) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (the "AEDPA") did not deprive the district courts of habeas corpus...

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