• Obeya v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Immigration Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson B. Sessions III, United States Attorney General, Respondent
    for defendant: For Respondent: Claire L. Workman, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief, Rachel L. Browning, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, for Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; For Amicus Curiae Immigrant Defense Project: Andrew Wachtenheim, Immigrant Defense Project, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-3922-ag

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