Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Lawyer Says Sheik Will Appeal Ouster
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A lawyer for radical cleric Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, linked to a number of suspects in the World Trade Center bombing, filed notice that she will be appealing a government deportation order. The attorney, Barbara Nelson, said she expects the 2nd Court of Appeals to hear arguments in the case in about two months. A lower court judge had ruled last week that the government had acted properly in ordering the cleric deported for allegedly lying on his immigration papers in 1990.
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