Hamama et al v. Adducci

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:17-cv-11910

Court:

Michigan Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Deportation

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Mark A. Goldsmith

Firms

  1. May 14, 2024

    Iraqis, Feds Seek Settlement OK In Deportation Row

    The U.S. government and a class of Iraqi nationals fighting deportation for fear of persecution urged a Michigan federal judge to preliminarily approve a settlement reached after what they said were nearly seven years of vigorous litigation.

  2. November 20, 2018

    Iraqi Immigrants Detained For Months Ordered Released

    A Michigan federal court on Tuesday ordered the federal government to release from immigration detention a subclass of Iraqi citizens facing deportation orders, reasoning that they are unlikely to be sent back to Iraq soon due to the country's policy against forcibly repatriating its citizens.

  3. September 24, 2018

    Feds Lose Bid To Toss Case Challenging Removal Of Iraqis

    A Michigan federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's bid to toss a portion of a case filed by Iraqis seeking to avoid deportation and certified a nationwide class of individuals from the Middle Eastern country whom the federal government sought to remove last year.

  4. August 30, 2018

    Iraqis Seek Sanctions After Gov't Gave 'Misleading' Info

    A certified class of Iraqis who are seeking to avoid deportation urged a Michigan federal court on Wednesday to sanction the federal government for allegedly making misleading statements in the case by ordering their release and by instructing federal officials to acknowledge that they knowingly presented false and misleading information.

  5. August 23, 2018

    Feds Ordered To Tell Jailers To Stop Intimidating Iraqis

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday ordered the federal government to clarify to authorities at a Michigan jail that they must comply with a court order to stop trying to intimidate a certified class of Iraqis who are seeking to avoid deportation.

  6. June 05, 2018

    Attys For Iraqi Detainees Demand Access To Clients

    Attorneys for a certified class of Iraqi detainees urged a Michigan federal court to halt plans to transfer their clients from a Georgia detention center and allow the attorneys access to the individuals so they can investigate whether the federal government is coercing the immigrants.

  7. May 24, 2018

    Feds Want Mental Evaluation Of Iraqi Willing To Be Deported

    The federal government on Thursday urged the Eastern District of Michigan to give it more time to evaluate the mental competency of an Iraqi native who is part of a class temporarily barred from being deported and who has stated he wishes to return to the Middle Eastern country.

  8. January 03, 2018

    ICE Must Release 300 Iraqi Detainees, Mich. Judge Says

    A Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. government must release by Feb. 2 nearly 300 Iraqi detainees who have been in custody for at least six months unless an immigration judge finds that a detainee is either a flight risk or a threat to public safety.

  9. November 09, 2017

    ACLU Says Detention Of Iraqis Violates Constitution

    The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asked a Michigan federal court to order the release of nearly 300 Iraqi immigrants who are being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying that their detention violates the Immigration and Nationality Act and is unconstitutional.

  10. September 22, 2017

    Order Blocking 1,000-Plus Iraqi Deportations Is Appealed

    The Trump administration has appealed to the Sixth Circuit a Michigan federal court's July decision to bar the deportation of more than a thousand Iraqi immigrants and giving them a chance to reopen their administrative cases on the grounds that their home country has become too hostile for their return.

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