D.J.C.V. v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK D.J.C.V., a minor child, and G.C., his father, Plaintiffs, 20 Civ. 5747 (PAE) -v- OPINION & ORDER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: This case arises from the separation of D.J.C.V., a minor child, from his father, G.C. (together, “plaintiffs”), at the hands of United States authorities, following the unlawful entry of these noncitizens1 into the United States. That separation had two phases. The first began on May 2, 2018—when, a few days after plaintiffs had crossed the U.S./Mexico border,…