FERNANDEZ-ROQUE v. SMITH

No. 81-7853.

671 F.2d 426 (1982)

Rafael FERNANDEZ-ROQUE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William French SMITH, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Fromstein, Lauri Steven Filppu, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, General Litigation and Legal Advice Section, Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., Douglas P. Roberto, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellants.

Myron Kramer and Deborah S. Ebel, Atlanta, Ga., for Fernandez-Roque.

Phillip A. Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., for Chao-Estrada.

Before TUTTLE, TJOFLAT and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal the government seeks to have this Court determine the proper role of the judiciary with respect to the statutory procedures for granting amnesty. We must decline to do so for the reasons detailed below.

The present action is a consolidation of three suits filed by various groups of Cuban nationals. These plaintiffs-appellees represent a class of approximately 1800 Cubans who were...

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