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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Jul. 29, 2010

Circuit Asks DOJ to Stop Deportation

Deporting from standard practice, Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt said he couldn't stop deportation of a Vietnamese war hero but said officials in Washington, D.C., should.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Circuit Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt cast aside the standard opinion-writing template Tuesday and instead penned an impassioned plea to the U.S. Department of Justice to refrain from deporting a sympathetic Vietnamese family living in Orange County.

Reinhardt, a leading liberal jurist, and his fellow panelists at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed the law compels them to affirm ...

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