Lucas R. et al v. Alex Azar et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:18-cv-05741

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

Judge:

Dolly M. Gee

Firms

  1. July 15, 2024

    Feds Say New Migrant Detention Rules Moot Lawsuit

    The Biden administration asked a California federal court to end a long-running lawsuit challenging the government's practices for placing unaccompanied migrant children, saying it addressed all the issues identified by the court with an April policy change.

  2. August 31, 2022

    Calif. Judge Imposes New Rules For Migrant Youth Placement

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement must notify young detained migrants and their counsel when it decides against releasing them to their parents or relatives and provide reasons for withholding release, a California federal judge has ordered.

  3. March 14, 2022

    Judge Orders New Rules For Unaccompanied Migrant Kids

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement must come up with new policies to protect the constitutional rights of unaccompanied migrant children in its custody, a California federal judge ruled Friday.

  4. December 22, 2020

    Court Skeptical That Migrant Minors Aim To Redo Flores

    A California federal judge indicated Tuesday that she is inclined to reject the government's argument that she should end a 2018 suit brought to protect the due process rights of unaccompanied migrant children because it seeks a "judicial rewrite" of the landmark 1997 Flores agreement, saying the case covers new territory.

  5. November 09, 2020

    DOJ Calls Move To Reform Migrant Custody 'Judicial Rewrite'

    The Trump administration on Friday asked a California federal judge to reject a class action brought on behalf of unaccompanied migrant children, casting it as an attempted "judicial rewrite" of administration policy that is preempted by previous litigation.

  6. March 27, 2020

    Judge Balks At Quickly Releasing Migrant Kids Over COVID-19

    A California federal judge ordered the U.S. government Saturday to show it is releasing detained migrant children without delays to protect them from COVID-19, but stopped short of granting an emergency order requiring releases within seven days of detention.

  7. June 29, 2018

    Immigrant Kids Challenge Trump's Detention Policies

    Five children currently detained as the federal government adjudicates their immigration cases have challenged the Trump administration's detention policies in a complaint filed in California federal court on Friday, alleging that the federal government is not acting in their best interests by holding them rather than releasing them to relatives.

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