Federal judges order 14 ICE detainees released over COVID-19 concerns

June 4, 2020
The Lens New Orleans

...Last month, a coalition of civil rights attorneys including the Center for Constitutional Rights refiled a lawsuit seeking the release of the detainees due to coronavirus concerns in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. 

The case had been previously dismissed on April 6 by a judge in the Eastern District in New Orleans after the Eastern District Court held that venue was improper and the plaintiffs would need to re-file in the jurisdictions where they are physically located.  ...

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June 4, 2020