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Demjanjuk, accused Nazi guard, appeals to US Supreme Court

CLEVELAND—A former autoworker accused of being a Nazi death camp guard has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an order by the nation's chief immigration judge that he be deported, a newspaper reported Friday.

John Demjanjuk, 88, filed the appeal this week, The Plain Dealer reported on its Web site. The deportation order would send Demjanjuk to Germany, Poland or his native Ukraine.

The Associated Press left a message seeking comment with Demjanjuk's attorney, John Broadley.
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