SCALISE v. MEESE

No. 87 C 7898.

687 F.Supp. 1239 (1988)

Joseph Jerome SCALISE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edwin MEESE III, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

June 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. Burke, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Thomas P. Walsh, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Joseph Scalise and Arthur Rachel are in a jail in a land far, far away. They want to come home. The Attorney General of the United States has the power to grant their wish, but he refuses to exercise it. Plaintiffs seek a writ of mandamus ordering the Attorney General to establish regulations which would govern the grant or denial of their request...

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