March 13, 2024
A California federal judge handed CoreCivic Inc. a win Tuesday in a negligence lawsuit filed by an El Salvadorian asylum-seeker who alleged she miscarried while detained at the prison giant's immigration detention center near the U.S.-Mexico border, finding there to be no triable factual dispute over whether she miscarried in custody.
May 09, 2023
An asylum-seeker who miscarried while in immigration detention has urged a California federal judge to deny the facility operator's efforts to block related state court litigation, saying her case against the company wasn't barred by his ruling dismissing her claims against the United States.
February 27, 2023
Private prison giant CoreCivic and the Biden administration escaped an asylum-seeker's medical negligence claims following her miscarriage while in immigration detention, with a California federal judge finding no evidence directly linking the woman's treatment in custody to her pregnancy loss.
September 13, 2022
An asylum-seeker suing over a miscarriage she suffered in a detention center rebuked the Biden administration's efforts to escape her lawsuit, telling a California federal court that her pregnancy was viable when she entered the center.
July 13, 2022
The Biden administration and prison company CoreCivic urged a California federal judge to toss allegations that an asylum-seeker miscarried due to negligence and poor prison conditions, saying her pregnancy wasn't viable even before she entered the U.S.
July 06, 2021
Private prison operator CoreCivic has asked a California judge to slash allegations from the latest complaint brought by a former immigration detainee who suffered a miscarriage in custody at the company's Otay Mesa facility, saying the woman is looking to "incite scandal."
August 11, 2020
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a Monday court filing that it isn't to blame for an asylum-seeker's miscarriage while she was held at a San Diego detention center, claiming that she received "extraordinary access to quality medical care."
July 16, 2020
Private prison operator CoreCivic has asked a California federal court to dismiss claims brought against it by an asylum-seeker who miscarried in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, saying she does not have standing to pursue relief because she is not at imminent risk of being detained again.
January 13, 2020
The federal government has been sued in California federal court by an asylum-seeker who said she suffered a miscarriage as a result of the harsh conditions at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.