ALONSO-MARTINEZ v. MEISSNER

No. 81-2234.

697 F.2d 1160 (1983)

Lazaro ALONSO-MARTINEZ, et al., Appellants, v. Doris MEISSNER, Acting Commissioner, U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Stern-Boswell, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty. and Royce C. Lamberth, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees. Kenneth M. Raisler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before WILKEY and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Lazaro Martinez-Alonso1 and Julio Moret are Cuban nationals who arrived in the United States in June 1980. On September 15, 1981, they petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. At that time, they were confined in Washington, D.C., at a facility known as Building B located on the grounds of St. Elizabeths Hospital.2...

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