Jenny L Flores v. Edwin Meese

  1. August 07, 2015

    Atty Cops To Violating Gag Order, Asks Judge For Leniency

    An immigration attorney acknowledged Wednesday that he violated a court order by leaking to the press details of ongoing negotiations in a class action over the detention of children, but asked a federal judge not to find him in contempt or to refer the matter to the New York State Bar.

  2. July 31, 2015

    Family Detention Order Could Impact Enforcement, DOJ Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked a California judge Thursday to give it four more days to respond to her ruling against family detention, saying the court's recommendation that families be released from detention in 90 days could impact the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's ability to enforce immigration laws.

  3. July 27, 2015

    Judge Issues Scathing Ruling Against Family Detention

    The Obama administration's detention of immigrant families violates a major settlement reached nearly two decades ago, a California federal judge ruled Friday, setting the stage for the release of mothers and children being held in Texas and Pennsylvania.

  4. July 20, 2015

    Talks Fail On Treatment Of Detained Immigrant Children

    Plaintiffs seeking to enforce a 1997 class action settlement that set national standards for the treatment of children detained by immigration authorities have failed to reach a deal with the federal government, according to documents filed in California federal court Friday.

  5. June 30, 2015

    Atty Facing Contempt After Alleged Detention Deal Leak

    A California federal judge threatened a New York immigration attorney with contempt of court on Monday in a class action over the detention of children, after he allegedly leaked a draft of a settlement proposal to the press.

  6. March 16, 2015

    Gov't Defends Bid To Update Child-Detainee Immigration Deal

    The federal government defended its bid to modify a 1997 class action settlement that set national standards for the treatment of children detained by immigration authorities, telling a California federal court Friday that the agreement has become unworkable in light of subsequent changes to the immigration landscape.

  7. March 09, 2015

    DHS Lacks Evidence To Alter Detainee Deal, Plaintiffs Say

    Plaintiffs seeking to enforce a 1997 class action settlement that set national standards for the treatment of children detained by immigration authorities have blasted the government's bid to modify the deal, telling a California court Friday that the recent increase in children coming to the U.S. isn't enough to change the agreement.

  8. March 02, 2015

    Gov't Says 1997 Detainee Deal Hinders Immigration Laws

    The federal government Friday shot back at a bid by class action plaintiffs whose 1997 settlement set national standards for the detention and treatment of detained kids to enforce the agreement, saying their request would prevent the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from effectively enforcing immigration laws.

  9. February 04, 2015

    ICE Accused Of Violating Decades-Old Detainee Settlement

    Plaintiffs in a class action whose 1997 settlement set national standards for detention, release, treatment and housing of children detained by immigration agencies have filed to enforce the agreement, saying the government's heavy-handed response to a recent surge in child immigrants from Central America breaches the deal.