IN RE THORNBURGH

No. 88-5360.

869 F.2d 1503 (1989)

In re Richard THORNBURGH, et al., Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Cohen, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Barbara L. Herwig, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., was on the petition for a writ of mandamus, for petitioners.

Lloyd N. Cutler, with whom Stephen W. Preston, Washington, D.C., was on the response to the petition for a writ of mandamus, for respondent.

Wayne H. Matelski, Lynda S. Zengerle, Carolyn Waller, Washington, D.C., Deborah Sanders, Washington, D.C., Michael Rubin, Stephen Berzon, Altschuller and Berzon, San Francisco, Ca., entered appearances, for plaintiffs Ayuda, Inc., et al.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, MIKVA, Circuit Judge, and GREENE, District Judge.


Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

Petitioners, Richard Thornburgh et al.,1 are defendants in an action now pending in the district court, in which four organizations and five "Doe" individual aliens ("plaintiffs"), purporting to represent a class of similarly-situated aliens, challenged a regulation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") and sought remedies for alleged injuries...

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