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Case: Garcia-Mir v. Civiletti

5:81-cv-04007 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 1981

Closed Date: 1981

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Case Summary

In 1980, a group of Cuban nationals detained in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas after being denied political asylum filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas to challenge the conditions and circumstances of their continued detention. Plaintiffs requested declaratory and injunctive relief and moved for class certification

Plaintiffs were subsequently transferred to a federal facility in Georgia. The government moved for dismissal of the case or, in the alternative, to transfer the venue of the matter to a federal court in Georgia.

On May 12, 1981, the District Court (Judge Richard D. Rodgers) denied class certification, but transferred the case to the Northern District of Georgia for further proceedings. Garcia-Mir v. Civiletti, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18607 (D.Kan. May 12, 1981).

See IM-GA-0003 for further case proceedings.

Summary Authors

Brian Ponton (9/17/2007)

People

Judge(s)

Allgood, Clarence W. (Alabama)

Atkins, Carl Clyde (Florida)

Johnson, Albert Sidney (Georgia)

Rehnquist, James (Massachusetts)

Rogers, Richard Dean (Kansas)

Shoob, Marvin Herman (Georgia)

Tjoflat, Gerald Bard (Florida)

Vance, Robert Smith (Alabama)

Attorneys(s) for Plaintiff

Ebel, Deborah S. (Georgia)

Goodden, Dennis (Missouri)

Judge(s)

Allgood, Clarence W. (Alabama)

Atkins, Carl Clyde (Florida)

Johnson, Albert Sidney (Georgia)

Rehnquist, James (Massachusetts)

Rogers, Richard Dean (Kansas)

Shoob, Marvin Herman (Georgia)

Tjoflat, Gerald Bard (Florida)

Vance, Robert Smith (Alabama)

Attorneys(s) for Plaintiff

Ebel, Deborah S. (Georgia)

Goodden, Dennis (Missouri)

Hindman, Kenneth (Georgia)

Kramer, Myron M. (Georgia)

Pickens, John A. (Georgia)

Schwartz, Dale M. (Georgia)

Thompson, William C. (Georgia)

Tucker, J Kendrick (Florida)

Watson, Henri J. (Missouri)

Webster, David A. (Georgia)

Attorneys(s) for Defendant

Buchele, James P. (Kansas)

Cowen, Steven S. (Georgia)

Drucker, Alison R. (District of Columbia)

Filppu, Lauri Steven (District of Columbia)

Hickson, Nina R. (Georgia)

Metcalf, William E. (Kansas)

Stokes, Sharon Douglas (Georgia)

Theis, Roger M. (Kansas)

Tinsley, Barbara V. (Georgia)

Willard, Richard K. (District of Columbia)

Other Attorney(s)

Delikat, Michael (New York)

Helton, Arthur C. (New York)

Hodge, James E. (Florida)

McCollister, Roger L. (Kansas)

Peavy, Robert A. (District of Columbia)

Samford, Frank P. III (Georgia)

Wright, James Skelly (District of Columbia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

	Document
5:81-cv-04007	Opinion 1981 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 18607	May 12, 1981	May 12, 1981 Order/Opinion
81-cv-00938	Opinion Garcia-Mir v. Smith U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 521 F.Supp. 446, 1981 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 14520	Sept. 10, 1981	Sept. 10, 1981 Order/Opinion
5:81-cv-04007 No. A–582	Opinion Garcia-Mir v. Smith Supreme Court of the United States 469 U.S. 1311, 83 L.Ed.2d 901	Feb. 1, 1985	Feb. 1, 1985 Order/Opinion
84-08993 85-08043	Opinion Garcia-Mir v. Smith U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 766 F.2d 1478, 1985 U.S.App.LEXIS 20732	July 11, 1985	July 11, 1985 Order/Opinion
86-08010 86-08011	Opinion Garcia-Mir v. Meese U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 781 F.2d 1450	Jan. 21, 1986	Jan. 21, 1986 Order/Opinion
86-08010 86-08011	Brief for Appellants Habeas Corpus Preference Garcia-Mir v. Meese U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	Feb. 6, 1986	Feb. 6, 1986 Pleading / Motion / Brief
86-08010 86-08011	Brief for Appellees and Cross-Appellants Habeas Corpus Preference Garcia-Mir v. Meese U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	Feb. 21, 1986	Feb. 21, 1986 Pleading / Motion / Brief
86-08010 86-08011	Brief of Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellees Garcia-Mir v. Meese U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	Feb. 21, 1986	Feb. 21, 1986 Pleading / Motion / Brief
86-08010 86-08011	Appellants' Cross-Appeal and Reply Brief Habeas Corpus Preference Garcia-Mir v. Meese U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	March 7, 1986	March 7, 1986 Pleading / Motion / Brief
86-08010 86-08011	Reply Brief of Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellees Garcia-Mir v. Meese U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	March 12, 1986	March 12, 1986 Pleading / Motion / Brief