Legal Opinion
Menocal v. GEO Grp., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 9, 2018No. 17-1125PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
*910This appeal addresses whether immigration detainees housed in a private contract detention facility in Aurora, Colorado (the "Aurora Facility") may bring claims as a class under (1) 18 U.S.C. § 1589, a provision of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (the "TVPA") that prohibits forced labor; and (2) Colorado unjust enrichment law.
The GEO Group, Inc. ("GEO") owns and operates the Aurora Facility under government contract. While there, the plaintiff detainees (the "Appellees") rendered mandatory and voluntary services to GEO. Under GEO's mandatory policies, they…
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