Privatized Immigration Detention
Gomez Ruiz, et al. v. ICE
Seven people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sued the Trump administration over inhumane conditions at California’s largest immigration detention center, the privately owned California City Detention Facility located in Kern County.
The lawsuit, Gomez Ruiz, et al. v. ICE, was filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California and seeks to redress violations of the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs are represented by the Prison Law Office, Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, the ÀÏÊìÅ®ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
Status: Ongoing
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Sep 2011
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Minneci v. Pollard
Whether private prison officials can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of federal prisoners?
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Court Case
Sep 2011
Privatized Immigration Detention
+2 ÀÏÊìÅ®ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû
Minneci v. Pollard
Whether private prison officials can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of federal prisoners?