“…Zundel discovered after his arrest that two letters sent by his Tennessee attorney to INS about rescheduling his permanent residence interview were missing from the INS file. The arresting authorities used the pretext of a “missed hearing” when they arrested Zundel, says Leichty…”

Zundel Challenges Judges in Bid for Rehearing
Zundelsite.org
April 13, 2007

Cincinnati, Ohio - Two of three judges who denied his federal court appeal should voluntarily disqualify themselves because of improper associations with his federal government adversary, maverick publisher Ernst Zundel says in a petition filed April 12 with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati seeking a rehearing on his United States habeas corpus case. The court denied his bid for a habeas corpus fact-finding hearing in February 2007.

Zundel, a German national married to a United States citizen but currently jailed in Germany, is asking for either a rehearing by a new three-judge panel because of bias, or a rehearing en banc by a larger group of judges because of the critical constitutional issues his case raises, says his California attorney, Bruce Leichty.

In his request for rehearing Zundel asserts that the three-judge panel which denied his appeal failed to address his argument that his habeas rights had been unconstitutionally suspended, and failed to address the implications of “converting” his appeal into a petition for review under the REAL ID Act of 2006. (more…)