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U.S. will not appeal judge's ruling on no-fly list mistake
Source: Reuters
U.S. will not appeal judge's ruling on no-fly list mistake
SAN FRANCISCO Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:39pm EDT
(Reuters) - The U.S. government will not appeal a court ruling this year that found inadequate due-process protections for a Malaysian architect who wound up on a federal no-fly list by mistake.
Rahinah Ibrahim sued the U.S. government in 2006 after she was placed on the no-fly list and was then denied a U.S. visa. Judge William Alsup ruled in her favor, saying that existing procedures to correct mistakes on the no-fly list do not provide adequate due process protections.
On Tuesday, a lawyer for the Department of Justice said in court that the government will not appeal that ruling.
(Reporting by Dan Levine, Editing by Franklin Paul)
SAN FRANCISCO Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:39pm EDT
(Reuters) - The U.S. government will not appeal a court ruling this year that found inadequate due-process protections for a Malaysian architect who wound up on a federal no-fly list by mistake.
Rahinah Ibrahim sued the U.S. government in 2006 after she was placed on the no-fly list and was then denied a U.S. visa. Judge William Alsup ruled in her favor, saying that existing procedures to correct mistakes on the no-fly list do not provide adequate due process protections.
On Tuesday, a lawyer for the Department of Justice said in court that the government will not appeal that ruling.
(Reporting by Dan Levine, Editing by Franklin Paul)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/us-usa-noflylist-idUSBREA2O1BM20140325