District Court, N.D. Illinois April 3, 1996, 86 CR 572 (United States v. Fort)

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United States · · · 03-04-1996

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge:

Before the court is the motion of Defendant Melvin Mayes requesting that, because of his citizenship of the Republic of New Afrika, he be recognized as a political prisoner. For the reasons that follow, the motion is denied.

I.

Mayes was one of many indicted in 1986 for his connection with the former Chicago El Rukn street gang.

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