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Articles by Sam Stanton

Immigration

Omar Ameen’s attorneys say judge has rejected efforts to return Sacramento man to Iraq

March 28, 2022 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen has won a ruling from a federal immigration judge that bars the government from sending him back to Iraq because of the possibility he could face torture there, but the Sacramento resident’s legal fight is continuing […]

Immigration

Judge finds Omar Ameen can be removed from US, rejects claims Sacramento resident was terrorist

November 16, 2021 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) A federal immigration judge in Van Nuys ruled Tuesday that Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen lied on his application forms seeking entry to the United States and can be removed from the country, but she said the government had not proven […]

Legal

Sacramento judge refuses to extradite refugee back to Iraq in murder case

April 21, 2021 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) In a major blow to federal prosecutors, a federal judge in Sacramento ruled Wednesday that Omar Ameen may not be extradited back to Iraq to face trial in the 2014 murder of an Iraqi police officer. The decision came in […]

Legal

Sacramento grand jury indicts Russian citizen on attempting to help Syrian terror group

February 19, 2021 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted a Russian national on charges of attempting to provide material support to a Syrian organization the U.S. State Department has labeled as a foreign terrorist organization. Murat Kurashev, a Sacramento resident who […]

Legal

Case closed for Hamid Hayat: Feds won’t seek new trial in overturned California terror case

February 14, 2020 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) Six months after a federal judge vacated the 2006 terrorism conviction against Hamid Hayat, prosecutors said Friday they will not pursue another trial against the former Lodi cherry picker. “Due to the passage of time, the government now moves this […]

Legal

Hamid Hayat’s attorneys ask judge to release Lodi terror suspect after conviction tossed

August 2, 2019 Sam Stanton  

(Sacramento Bee) Four days after a federal judge vacated the conviction and sentence of Lodi terror suspect Hamid Hayat, his attorneys filed a motion Friday seeking Hayat’s immediate release from an Arizona prison and asking that he be allowed to return home. […]

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