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Raul Novoa v. The GEO Group, Inc.
Case Number:
5:17-cv-02514
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Multi Party Litigation:
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- Ahdoot & Wolfson
- Akerman LLP
- Burke Williams & Sorensen
- Burns Charest
- Burns Figa
- Cooper & Kirk
- DLA Piper
- Greenberg Traurig
- Holland & Knight
- Law Office of R. Andrew Free
- Milberg Coleman
- Nelson Mullins
- Norton Rose
- Polsinelli PC
- Quinn Emanuel
- Sheppard Mullin
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March 08, 2022
Detainees Fight To Keep GEO $1-A-Day Wage Suit Moving
A class of immigrant detainees at a California detention center has fought GEO Group Inc.'s request to pause their challenge to $1-a-day wages and push off a May trial pending a Ninth Circuit appeal over the same wage scheme, arguing that the appeal involves different state laws.
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January 28, 2022
Akerman Exiting GEO's Calif. $1-A-Day Wage Case
Akerman LLP will cease representing GEO Group in a California class action over $1-a-day wages for ICE-detained immigrants, with the company's in-house counsel helming an upcoming trial instead, according to a source.
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April 23, 2020
Detainees Can't Get Gloves, Gowns For Virus Cleaning Duties
A California federal judge has denied a request for detainees tasked with cleaning immigration detention center facilities to be given gowns and gloves to protect them from the coronavirus, concluding that doing so isn't in the public interest.
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April 16, 2020
Detainees Forced To Clean Facility Say Virus Risk Is Raised
A class of immigrant detainees engaged in multiyear litigation with private prison giant GEO Group Inc. over its alleged labor law violations urged a California federal judge Thursday to order the company to stop forcing detainees to clean common areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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August 24, 2018
Private Prison Co. Can't Dodge Detainees' Forced Labor Suit
A California federal judge has allowed a proposed class of immigrant detainees to move forward with their claims that private prison giant GEO Group Inc. broke state labor and anti-trafficking laws by forcing the detainees to work at rates below minimum wage.
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March 06, 2018
Detainees Fight Prison Co.'s Bid To Exit Forced Labor Suit
A proposed class of immigrant detainees told a California federal court Monday that private prison giant GEO Group Inc. should not be able to dodge state wage laws and anti-trafficking statutes at one of its facilities, urging it not to dismiss their suit.
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December 20, 2017
GEO Sued Over Forced Labor In Immigrant Detention Facility
Immigrant detainees have accused the private prison giant GEO Group Inc. of committing unlawful wage theft and using forced labor at its Adelanto Detention Center as a means of unjust enrichment, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court Tuesday.