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| Saving Rrustem Neza: Table of TCRR Documents | |
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| Date | Document [Format] |
| Mar. 20, 2008 |
Attorney Gibson complains that Mr. Neza has been contacted without consent of attorney [pdf] and Abilene Federal Court closes case to dope and deport [pdf] |
| Mar. 5, 2008 |
Lufkin Daily News praises Rep. Gohmert for helping Rrustem Neza |
| Mar. 3, 2008 |
Congressman Louie Gohmert announces that Rrustem Neza’s deportation has been stayed until at least March 2009 by agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and the House Subcommittee on Immigration. The subcommittee requests a DHS report on the Neza case “after Homeland Security’s top personnel were not helpful.” [Also see Lufkin Daily News story and AP story about Neza’s release on bond.] |
| Feb. 29, 2008 |
Rrustem Neza is released on $25,000 bond and goes home to be with his wife and children. |
| Feb. 26, 2008 | |
| Feb. 23, 2008 |
“Let Rrustem Neza’s Children Have their Daddy Back!” (TCRR; Letter from John Wheat Gibson) |
| Jan. 3, 2008 |
DHS Refuses to Release Rrustem Neza from Haskell Prison while he awaits Appeals [PDF] |
| Dec. 21, 2007 | |
| Dec. 3, 2007 |
Gibson Email: US Attorney (Nothern District, Texas) Refuses Mr. Neza’s Offer of Settlement [TCRR] |
| Nov. 30, 2007 |
US Attorney (Northern District, Texas) Refuses Mr. Neza’s Offer of Settlement [PDF] |
| Nov. 16, 2007 |
Mr. Neza’s Offer of Settlement to US Attorney (Northern District, Texas) [TCRR] |
| Nov. 7, 2007 |
Neza Reply to BIA Regarding DHS Objections to Reopen Asylum Hearings [TCRR] |
| Nov. 6, 2007 |
Gibson Appeal to Dallas DHS to Release Mr. Neza from Prison [TCRR] |
| Nov. 1, 2007 |
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) files two bills in Congress “For the Relief of Rrustem Neza”: H.R.4069 Authorizing him to Stay in the USA Temporarily; and H.R. 4070 Granting him Permanent Resident Status. Later referred to House Subcommittee on Immigration [thomas.loc.gov] |
| Oct. 30, 2007 | |
| Oct. 24, 2007 | |
| Oct. 23, 2007 |
Congressman Gohmert Calls Mr. Neza’s Treatment Intolerable [TCRR] |
| Oct. 22, 2007 |
Motion (to Northern District, Texas) to Dismiss US Request to Dope and Deport Mr. Neza [PDF] |
| Oct. 13, 2007 |
Gibson Email: Dallas DHS Spokesman Reaffirms Intent to Deport Mr. Neza [TCRR] |
| Oct. 10, 2007 |
Excerpt from Amended Motion (to 11th Circuit Appeals, Atlanta) for Stay of Removal [TCRR] |
| Oct. 9, 2007 |
Amended Motion (to 11th Circuit Appeals, Atlanta) for Stay of Removal [PDF] |
| Oct. 3, 2007 | |
| Oct. 1, 2007 |
US Motion (Northern District, Texas) to Dope and Deport Mr. Neza to Albania [PDF] |
| Sep. 11, 2007 |
DIANNE SOLÍS Article about “Man who Screamed Himself off Plane” [DMN] |
| Sep. 8, 2007 | |
| Sep. 6, 2007 |
Gibson Email: Albanian Press Splashes TCRR Story about Mr. Neza [TCRR] |
| Sep. 4, 2007 | |
| Aug., 2007 |
Mr. Neza Barely Avoids Deportation by Loudly Protesting as he is Put on an Airplane in Dallas |
| July 10, 2007 |
Rrustem Neza, still in prison at Haskell, files a Motion to Reconsider a denial of Asylum [PDF Removed by Editor] |
 June 2007 President Bush and Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha (BBC) |
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| Feb. 13, 2007 |
Rrustem Neza is transferred to custody of the US Bureau of Immigration and Customs E |
| Jan. 18, 2007 |
Rrustem Neza is arrested by Sheriff because an application for a beverage license includes a check mark for “US Citizen.” The preparer of the beverage license swears in an affidavit that the Neza brothers were not aware that she had assumed they were citizens [Ismaili Affidavit, PDF format: 338kb]. No charges are filed. |
| ??? |
Rrustem and Xhemal Neza open a pizza restaurant in Nacogdoches, TX. Xhemal’s application for asylum is granted; Rrustem’s is denied [Court Documents] |
| May 25, 1999 |
“On Monday morning, Gani Neza, 35 one of the bodyguards of DP leader Sali Berisha was killed.” Gani was “Skender’s” brother and cousin to brothers Xhemal and Rrustem Neza [Albanian Telegraphic Agency] |
| April 12, 1999 |
While driving Xhemal from a hideout, cousin Selim Neza [aka “Skender”] is killed by a shot from a police car. Xhemel escapes into the woods and eventually to Texas [Affidavit of Xhemel Neza] |
| Sept. 12, 1998 |
Xhemal Neza is witness to the assassination of Azem Hajdari, leader of the Albanian Democratic Party. Xhemal’s cousin Zenel Neza miraculously survives the attack with multiple wounds. After taking Zenel to the doctor, Xhemal and his brother Rrustem Neza return to Tirana for a demonstration. At the demonstration Xhemal is wounded and knocked unconscious by police; he goes into hiding [Affidavit of Xhemel Neza] |
Korrieri, Sept. 5, 2007
Texas Civil Rights Review 