Rahman v. Chertoff

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RONALD A. GUZMÁN, District Judge.

The named plaintiffs, on behalf of all others similarly situated, have sued various government officials seeking declaratory and injunctive relief because defendants’ policies and practices, which purportedly cause repeated, lengthy and abusive border detentions of innocent U.S. citizens, allegedly violate their civil rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. Before the Court is defendants’ objection to Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier’s Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) in which he recommends that the Court certify two…