A West African man who spent seven years in a maximum-security prison awaiting deportation can pursue only part of his civil lawsuit against the federal government, an Ontario court has ruled. Kashif Ali, a West African man who spent seven years in a maximum-security prison awaiting deportation can pursue only part of his civil lawsuit against the federal government, an Ontario court has ruled. ( Brendan Kennedy / Toronto Star )"I have been left unpersuaded by (Canada's) submissions," Superior Court Justice Shaun Nakatsuru said in his ruling. Court records show Ali was born in Ghana to a Ghanaian father and Nigerian mother but his birth was apparently never registered. In its motion before Nakatsuru, Canada argued the claims against the adjudicators who ordered him detained should be struck as immune from a lawsuit.

Source: thestar February 08, 2019 21:44 UTC