Court Cases

A habeas petition raising claims under the Immigration and Nationality Act and procedural due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Thirteen detained immigrants at risk of a potentially fatal COVID-19 infection sue ICE, demanding their release

In March of 2018, two Bay Area fathers who had been detained for over six months at the Contra Costa West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California sued the federal government in a class action lawsuit challenging their unlawful and prolonged detention. Complaint is here.  On June 5, 2018, a federal judge ruled that people who have been detained under 8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(6) cannot be held by the government for more than 180 days without a bond hearing before an immigration judge. She also granted a motion for class certification. The ruling is expected to affect hundreds of people detained throughout the Ninth Circuit.”