Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
In one of the so-called "birther" suits challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to run for and serve as President of the United States based on claims that Obama was born in Kenya and therefore was not a natural born citizen of the United States, dismissal of the action is affirmed where plaintiff lacked standing to bring the suit because he suffered no injury particularized to him.
Read Berg v. Obama, No. 08-4340
Appellate Information
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. No. 2-08-cv-04083)
District Judge: Honorable Barclay Surrick
Opinion Filed November 12, 2009
Judges
Before: Sloviter, Fuentes, and Hardiman, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Sloviter, Circuit Judge
Counsel
Counsel for Appellant: Philip J. Berg
Counsel for Appellee: Robert F. Bauer, Perkins Coie LLP; Joseph E. Sandler, Thomasenia P. Duncan, David Kolkler, Kevin Deeley, Steve N. Hajjar