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For Immediate Release |
| Mar 24, 2004 |
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LEGAL FIGHT OVER ELIAN GONZALEZ RAID CONTINUES
Supreme Court Turns Back One Case--But Victims of Raid Continue Other Cases in Federal Court
(Miami, FL) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes political corruption and abuses of power, announced that, despite being disappointed that the Supreme Court rejected a request for hearing an appeal in one of its cases involving the Elian Gonzalez raid, at least two other lawsuits over the raid continue. They include a lawsuit on behalf of the Gonzalez family against the six federal agents who violently entered their home on April 22, 2000 [Gonzalez v. John Doe Nos 1-6, Case No. 03-23268-CIV-Martinez S.D. Fla]. In addition, peaceful protesters who were gassed, beaten and kicked without provocation are pursuing claims against the U.S. government [Dalrymple v. United States, Case No. 03-20588-CIV-Moore S.D. Fla].
Judicial Watch is currently in the discovery phase of the lawsuit on behalf of the peaceful protesters against the U. S. government. Many of them are elderly women, who were peacefully demonstrating and praying outside the Gonzalez home during the raid. So far, 40 people have been deposed in Miami by a Bush Administration attorney who flies from Washington to Miami twice a month to conduct depositions.
The case which the Supreme Court refused to hear sought to hold former Attorney General Janet Reno and other officials personally responsible for the harm resulting from the raid. Reno admitted ordering the brutal raid. A federal court in Miami ruled that Reno should go to trial to answer personally for her actions, but she appealed to the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that she had qualified immunity and could not be sued personally. Judicial Watch then went to the Supreme Court, which yesterday announced that it would not hear the case.
“Nearly four years ago, during the Clinton Administration, our government beat and gassed U.S. citizens as a part of a raid to send a little boy back to dictator Fidel Castro. Now, the Bush Administration continues to defend that infamous act in court. The Supreme Court has not ended the controversy. Judicial Watch will continue to seek justice in its active lawsuits for the victims of the Elian raid,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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