Printed from JudicialWatch.org Sep 5, 2000 |
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Miami Court Rules Discovery May Proceed Against Reno, Meissner, and Holder Lawsuit Moves Forward Over Violent, Illegal Raid on Gonzalez Family Home (Washington, DC) A federal court judge in Miami, The Honorable Federico A. Moreno, ruled last week that discovery may proceed in a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the family members, friends, and neighbors hurt during the Easter-eve raid on Elian Gonzalez�s Miami relatives� home. The $100 million lawsuit names Attorney General Janet Reno, INS Commissioner Doris Meissner, and Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder as defendants. Judicial Watch represents the 54 plaintiffs in the case. The Clinton-Gore Justice Department had tried to stay discovery in the matter, but was overruled by U.S. District Court Judge Federico A. Moreno in an August 29, 2000 order that read:
�This is an important victory for those freedom-loving protestors and other innocents in Little Havana who were nearly killed by Janet Reno�s �shock troops� for merely exercising their First Amendment rights or for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Discovery will begin as soon as possible,� stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. |