Legal Opinion
Families for Freedom v. Napolitano
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 25, 2009No. 08 Civ. 4056 (DC)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this case, plaintiffs — two immigrant advocacy organizations and two former immigration detainees — contend that substandard and abusive conditions exist in facilities that house detained immigrants. Consequently, on January 25, 2007, plaintiffs petitioned the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq. (the “APA”), to promulgate regulations to govern the conditions in immigration detention facilities. When DHS still had not responded more than a year later, plaintiffs sued in this…
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