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· 6/1/1984

Rafael Fernandez-Roque, Moises Garcia-Mir, Orlando Chao-Estrada v. William French Smith, Rafael Fernandez-Roque v. William French Smith

Citations

  • 734 F.2d 576
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 21962

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming the district court's finding that the government had statutory authority to detain Mariel Cubans indefinitely when immediate exclusion was not practical
  • \[T]he government had statutory authority to detain aliens indefinitely in those cases where immediate exclusion\ was not practical
  • because petitioners had no liberty interest whatsoever, there was no need to look to Cuban review procedures
  • appearing to assume there was authority to detain

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Judges: Henderson, Hatchett, Jones

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