Washington  - The lawyer of Nazi-era war-crimes suspect John Demjanjuk on Tuesday attempted to halt his pending deportation to Germany.

Attorney John Broadley filed an appeal to stop the deportation after the US Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday had cleared the way for Demjanjuk to be taken to Germany as early as Wednesday. The court had earlier stayed the planned deportation, but then reversed course.

Washington - A US judge on Monday cleared the way for John Demjanjuk, a war-crimes suspect from the Nazi era, to be deported to Germany.

The US Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia, lifted a stay on the deportation that it had issued Friday.

The court declaration means Demjanjuk could be deported as early as Wednesday, but his lawyers were expected to seek a further stay.

Washington  - A US judge on Monday cleared the way for John Demjanjuk, a war-crimes suspect from the Nazi era, to be deported to Germany.

The US Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia, lifted a stay on the deportation that it had issued Friday.

The court declaration means Demjanjuk could be deported as early as Wednesday, but his lawyers could still seek a further stay.

Munich - A German defence lawyer called Sunday for a German court doctor to check up on an 89-year-old Ukrainian-born man, John Demjanjuk, who is suspected of taking part in horrifying Nazi death camp murders in 1943.

Guenther Maull, who has been appointed as legal-aid defence to Demjanjuk after a warrant was issued last month in Munich for his arrest, said US efforts to expel Demjanjuk were on hold after a US immigration judge had intervened on Friday.

Washington  - A US immigration judge granted a stay Friday evening to John Demjanjuk, a war-crimes suspect from the Nazi era, who was to be deported to Germany Sunday.

Judge Wayne Iskra of the US Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia, ordered the stay and decided to reopen deportation proceedings, broadcaster CNN reported, quoting Demjanjuk's US lawyer John Broadley.

Washington  - A war-crimes suspect from the Nazi era, John Demjanjuk, has filed a last minute emergency court motion to stop his deportation to Germany, where he is expected to be prosecuted for his alleged role in assisting in the killing 29,000 Jews, a newspaper reported Friday.

Demjanjuk, who turned 89 on Friday, was to be picked up by federal agents and flown to Munich for a Monday arrival, German justice officials have said.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Demjanjuk, who is physically ailing, filed an emergency motion Thursday in US Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia.