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AHMAD v. WIGEN

No. 89-CV-715.

726 F.Supp. 389 (1989)

In the Matter of the Petition of Mahmoud El-Abed AHMAD, also known as "Mahmoud Abed Atta," Petitioner, for a writ of Habeas Corpus as v. George WIGEN, as Warden of the Metropolitan Correctional Center of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Romolo J. Imundi, as United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York, James A. Baker, as Secretary of State of the United States and Richard Thornburgh, as Attorney General of the United States, Respondents.

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

September 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey Clark, Lawrence W. Schilling, Peter B. Meadow, New York City, for petitioner.

Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D. New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondents; Jacques Semmelman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Murray R. Stein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, of counsel.

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Procedural History II. Scope of Review A. Generally B. Res Judicata and Double Jeopardy C. Jurisdiction 1. United States 2. Israel D. Probable Cause E. Political Offense Exception 1. Definition 2. Burden of Proof 3. Scope of Review 4. Evidence

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