Flores ex rel. Galvez-Maldonado v. Meese
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
The Attorney General and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) appeal the district court’s summary judgment to a plaintiff class of alien minors whose named representative is Jenny Flores (Flores). The district court held that an INS regulation governing the release of detained alien minors violates substantive due process, and ordered modifications to the regulation. The district court also held that INS procedures fell short of the requirements of procedural due process, and therefore ordered the INS “forthwith” to provide to any minor in custody an…
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