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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A Middle Eastern man jailed for nearly four years must be released by June 8 because the government, which wants to deport him, has taken too long to find a country that will take him, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Court Judge Jerome B. Friedman said in his order issued Friday that the government violated Majed Talat Hajbeh's constitutional rights and that he must be released within 14 days of the order.
"The court finds it difficult to conceive how his continued confinement remains reasonable," the judge wrote. "There is no significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future."
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