Kissinger

Nguyen Da Yen v. Kissinger

Good Law

21 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 528·70 F.R.D. 656·1976 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16151

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMarch 12, 1976No. C-75-0839-SWCalifornia8,407 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Williams, J.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

This court ordered sua sponte that a hearing be held pursuant to Rule 23(c)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to determine whether this case may properly be maintained as a class action. The parties briefed the issue and appeared and argued the class action aspects of this case. For the reasons stated below, the court finds that this action cannot be maintained as a class action.

In addition to the class action issue, the parties have briefed, and have submitted to the court, the question of the court’s jurisdiction to entertain the case in the first instance. The ninth circuit found our jurisdiction adequately based upon the district court’s habeas corpus power. Nguyen Da Yen, et al., v. Henry Kissinger, et al., 528 F.2d 1194, 1202 , (9th Cir. 1975) (hereinafter Nguyen Da Yen I). Based on the reasoning hereinafter set forth, this court concludes that it possesses jurisdiction under both its habeas corpus power and federal question jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331 .

FACTS

The present action alleges, basically, that some of the children airlifted from Vietnam in the orphan airlift of April, 1975 (the “Babylift”) were brought here improperly:

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Parties

NGUYEN DA YEN
Plaintiff
Henry KISSINGER
Defendant

Judges

Williams

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