He then filed suit, claiming his rights of due process were violated since he was not given a hearing before being placed in solitary confinement.

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Defence lawyer Joe Amendola said after the hearing that he had doubts that Sandusky had received due process, saying that the defence team "ran out of time" to prepare as the cases were rushed to trial.

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The legal team filed a lawsuit accusing the INS of violating Elian's due process rights and asked the judge to prevent the agency from returning the boy before it gives him an asylum hearing.

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