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Gisbert v. U.S. Attorney General

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 3, 1993
997 F.2d 1122 (5th Cir. 1993)

Summary

recognizing that excludable aliens have a substantive due process right to be free from "gross physical abuse"

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Opinion

No. 91-4477.

August 3, 1993.

Leo Jerome Lahey, Lafayette, LA, Gary Leshaw, Atlanta Legal Aid Soc., Atlanta, GA, Mark D. Kemple, Karen M. Frederiksen, Los Angeles, CA, David A. Webster, Sumner Hewes, Atlanta, GA, for petitioners-appellants.

Joseph S. Cage, Jr. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, LA, Emily A. Radford, Atty., Lauri S. Filppu, Deputy Director, Office of Imm. Lit., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; F.A. Little, Jr., Judge.

Before GARWOOD, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Judge John R. Brown was on the panel that heard oral argument in this case, but passed away before the decision was entered, and the panel accordingly acts through a quorum.


The Court sua sponte amends its prior judgment and opinion herein, reported at 988 F.2d 1437 (5th Cir. 1993), by deleting therefrom all of footnote 5, 988 F.2d at 1440 n. 5, and all of footnote 24, 988 F.2d at 1449 n. 24. The mandate shall issue forthwith.


Summaries of

Gisbert v. U.S. Attorney General

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 3, 1993
997 F.2d 1122 (5th Cir. 1993)

recognizing that excludable aliens have a substantive due process right to be free from "gross physical abuse"

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describing this "entry fiction"

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Case details for

Gisbert v. U.S. Attorney General

Case Details

Full title:FELIX GONZALEZ GISBERT, ET AL., PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. U.S. ATTORNEY…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Aug 3, 1993

Citations

997 F.2d 1122 (5th Cir. 1993)

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