Martinez v. Calimlim

DECISION AND ORDER

LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.

In May 2006, a federal jury convicted spouses, Drs. Jefferson N. and Elnora Calimlim (the “parent defendants”), of conspiring to obtain and obtaining forced labor and of conspiring to harbor and harboring an alien for private financial gain. The jury also convicted the parent defendants’ son, Jefferson M. Calimlim (“Jefferson M.”), of illegally harboring an alien. In the present civil action, the victim of the above-described offenses, plaintiff Irma Martinez, seeks damages from the parent defendants, Jefferson M. and other Calimlim children,…