Judicial Watch. June 1, 2000
Plaintiff Wants to Take Deposition of Son and Father and Is Concerned About Threat That They Will Leave Country After 11th Circuit Ruling
(Washington, DC) Early this morning on behalf of Donato Dalrymple, "the Fisherman" who helped pull Elian from the sea and saved his life, filed an emergency motion to depose Elian and Juan Miguel Gonzalez and to restrain them from leaving the country until this discovery is completed,
in his lawsuit to protect our constitutional rights to be free of police state tactics, such as occurred during the Miami raid of April 22, 2000.
Judicial Watch seeks this discovery since both son and father have information and are material witnesses to the events which led up to and occurred during the illegal Miami raid.
Attorney General Janet Reno, Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, and INS Commissioner Doris Meissner, are personal defendants in Mr. Dalrymple's lawsuit.
In the last few days, spokesman for Juan Miguel Gonzalez has stated that Cuba would remove the father and son from the jurisdiction of the United States regardless of the expected ruling today by the 11th Circuit.
"This brazen disrespect of the American legal system cannot be permitted," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.
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