Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
- Law360
- Law360 UK
- Law360 Pulse
- Law360 Employment Authority
- Law360 Tax Authority
- Law360 Insurance Authority
- Law360 Real Estate Authority
- Law360 Healthcare Authority
- Law360 Bankruptcy Authority
- Products
- Lexis®
- Law360 In-Depth
- Law360 Podcasts
- Rankings
- Regional Powerhouses
- Law360's MVPs
- Women in Law Report
- Law360 400
- Diversity Snapshot
- Practice Groups of the Year
- Rising Stars
- Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar
- Sections
- Adv. Search & Platform Tools
- About all sections
- Browse all sections
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Class Action
- Competition
- Employment
- Energy
- Expert Analysis
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Product Liability
- Securities
- Beta Tools
- Track docs
- Track attorneys
- Track judges
GARCIA RAMIREZ et al v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM ENFORCEMENT et al
Case Number:
1:18-cv-00508
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
Government Agencies
-
September 01, 2022
ICE Inks $4.8M Deal With Migrant Teens In Detention Litigation
U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement has agreed to pay $4.8 million to resolve a class action claiming the government routinely failed to consider safer options before transferring teens to adult detention facilities after they turned 18, according to a proposed settlement filed Thursday in D.C. federal court.
-
September 22, 2021
Migrant Teens Win Approval For Plan To End ICE Detention
A D.C. federal judge approved a plan requiring U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to attempt to place migrant teens who turn 18 in government custody in less-restrictive housing options than adult detention facilities, stipulating changes to documentation and officer training.
-
June 14, 2021
Judge Urged To OK Plan To End ICE Teen Detention
A class of migrant teens asked a D.C. federal judge on Friday to sign off on a plan to ensure U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement follows the law and attempts to place migrant teens who turn 18 in government custody in less-restrictive housing options than ICE's current default: adult detention facilities.
-
July 21, 2020
DC Judge Mulls How To Ensure ICE Stops Detaining Teens
A D.C. federal judge appears to be planning to put U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under surveillance to ensure it follows the law, after finding the agency failed to secure less restrictive housing options for migrant teens who became adults while in government custody.
-
July 02, 2020
DC Judge Knocks ICE For Detaining Teens, Altering Evidence
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement broke the law by not considering less restrictive housing options for migrant teenagers who turn 18 in government custody, and knocked the agency for altering evidence before trial.
-
December 02, 2019
ICE Need Not Seek Housing For Adult Migrants, Judge Told
A senior U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told a D.C. federal judge Monday that the law enforcement agency isn't legally obligated to search for potential sponsors or group homes to provide housing for unaccompanied immigrants detained at adult facilities after turning 18.
-
November 08, 2019
Factual Dispute Bars Feds From Trimming ICE Detention Suit
A federal court refused to trim a class of immigrant teenagers' suit accusing the government of violating anti-trafficking laws by detaining them in adult facilities without considering less restrictive options, saying that a factual dispute hangs over the case.
-
July 10, 2019
Immigrant Teens' Class Cert. Upheld In ICE Detention Suit
A D.C. federal judge has rebuffed the U.S. government's attempt to decertify a class of immigrant teenagers accusing the government of violating anti-trafficking laws by detaining them in adult facilities upon turning 18 without first considering less restrictive options.
-
April 15, 2019
Detained Migrant Teens Slam ICE Calling Class 'Near Empty'
A certified class of immigrant teenagers detained in adult facilities has urged a D.C. federal judge to deny the government's decertification bid, slamming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's claims that — according to its own documentation system — it has been complying with an anti-trafficking law and the class is now "near empty."
-
January 02, 2019
Feds Can't Pause Suit Over Detained Teens During Shutdown
A D.C. federal judge has refused to pause a class action challenging the detention of migrant teenagers in adult facilities despite the lapse in federal funding during the government shutdown, finding that the litigation concerns the "safety of human life."