Class certified of all individuals in two facilities and temporary restraining order granted requiring ICE to provide information on individuals in the facility including risk factors and criminal history. "The purpose of this order is to enable the Court to implement a system for considering individual bail applications, modeled after a system created and successfully implemented by Judge Young in the District of Massachusetts." (citing Savino v. Souza, 2020 WL 1703844 (D. Mass. Apr. 8, 2020)).
Class Certification, Implementing Release Procedures, Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)
Type of Court
Federal District Court
Location
California
Type of Case
Class Action
Case Characteristics
Immigrant Detention
Release Granted
No
Compassionate Release Case
No
Case Tracking Number
3:20-cv-02731-VC
MORE CASE INFORMATION
Court Name
N.D. Cal.
Decision
Motion Granted
Place of Incarceration
Immigrant Detention
Name of Facility
Mesa Verde Detention Facility; Yuba County Jail
Legal Authority
Substantive Due Process - Deliberate Indifference (both 14th and 5th Amendments)
Legal Authority
§ 2241 Habeas
Case Status
Decision Made But Case Still Pending
Motions Partially Granted
Court granted class certification and TRO, and denied government's motion for a stay.
Class Action Medically Vulnerable People
Immigration Detainees
COVID-19 Positive or Symptomatic
Not discussed
COVID-19 in Jail Prison or Detention Center
No
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