March 12, 2024
A Washington federal judge allowed federal immigration agencies to seek the Ninth Circuit's opinion on whether the district court can hear a class of asylum-seekers' lawsuit alleging deprivation of bond hearings, saying jurisdictional and constitutional issues in the case seem novel.
January 05, 2024
A Washington federal judge expressed surprise Friday that asylum-seekers accusing officials of dragging out the immigration process were able to strike a deal with the government, saying she would sign a settlement agreement she never anticipated that would tighten some federal deadlines.
December 06, 2023
A Washington federal judge refused to toss a class of asylum-seekers' claim that the U.S. government unconstitutionally deprived them of bond hearings, rejecting the government's contention that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barred them from lodging their due process claim.
July 03, 2019
A federal judge in Seattle has doubled down on her finding that a group of asylum-seekers is entitled to bond hearings, undeterred by U.S. Attorney General William Barr's recent decision that even asylum-seekers who clear an initial fear screening can be detained without one.
May 03, 2019
The American Civil Liberties Union has taken aim at Attorney General William Barr's recent decision to restrict certain asylum-seekers from being released on bond, telling a Washington federal judge that the government has adopted a policy that "unconstitutionally strips people of their right to a hearing."
April 08, 2019
A Seattle federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to provide bond hearings and other due process protections to certain detained asylum-seekers across the country within a week of their request.
March 08, 2019
A Washington federal judge has certified two nationwide sets of classes in a case in which detained asylum seekers allege that the federal government has not provided them in a timely manner with either bond hearings or determinations on whether they credibly fear persecution.
September 21, 2018
A proposed class of asylum seekers asked a Washington federal court on Thursday to order the Trump administration to provide them with timely bond hearings before an immigration judge, in protection of their due process rights.