TEFEL v. RENO

No. 97-0805-CIV.

972 F.Supp. 608 (1997)

Roberto TEFEL, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Petitioners, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General of the United States; Robert Wallis, District Director; Immigration and Naturalization Service and Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals, Defendants/Respondents.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

Order Denying Stay May 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira J. Kurzban, Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Tetzeli, P.A., Miami, FL, Elliot H. Scherker, Oscar Levin, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Esther Olavarria Cruz, Vincente Tome, Rebecca Sharpless, Florida Immigration Advocacy Center, Miami, FL, Mario Martin Lovo, Mario M. Lovo, P.A., Miami, FL, Mary E. Kramer, Law Offices of Mary E. Kramer, Miami, FL, Linda Kelly, St. Thomas Law School, Miami, FL, Mario Louis, Miami, FL, Ernesto Varas, Law Office of Ernesto Varas, Miami, FL, Kari Woodward Carranza, Jeannette Mirabal, Law Offices of Magda Montiel Davis, Miami, FL, Robert L. Boyer, Law Offices of Robert L. Boyer, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Dexter A. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, FL, David Bernal, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, F. Franklin Amanat, Nelda C. Reyna, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Ernesto Molina, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Laura M. Friedman, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS, CERTIFYING CLASS AND APPOINTING LEAD COUNSEL, GRANTING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, AND SETTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION HEARING FOR MAY 27, 1997

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs' Motion for Provisional Class Certification, and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. The Court heard the Plaintiffs...

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