L.V.M., a minor, by and through his next friend EDITH ESMERALDA MEJIA DE GALINDO, on his own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Petitioners,
v.
SCOTT LLOYD, Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement; JONATHAN WHITE, Deputy Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement; STEVEN WAGNER, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; ALEX AZAR, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; ELCY VALDEZ, Federal Field Specialist, Office of Refugee Resettlement; JEREMY KOHOMBAN, President and Chief Executive Officer, Children's Village, Defendants/Respondents.
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June 27, 2018.
June 27, 2018.
Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 2241fd
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 2241fd Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)
Nature of Suit: 463 Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee Source: PACER
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
L.V.M., a minor, by and through his next friend Edith Esmeralda Mejia De Galindo, on his own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated, Petitioner, represented by Paige Austin , New York Civil Liberties Union, Aadhithi Padmanabhan , New York Civil Liberties Union, Robert Andrew Hodgson , New York Civil Liberties Union, Scout Katherine Katovich , New York Civil Liberties Union & Christopher T. Dunn , New York Civil Liberties Union.
Scott Lloyd, Director, Office Refugee Resettlement, Jonathan White, Deputy Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Steven Wagner, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Elcy Valdez, Federal Field Specialist, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Respondents, represented by Michael James Byars , U.S. Attorney's Office & Natasha Waglow Teleanu , United States Attorney's Office.
OPINION & ORDER
PAUL A. CROTTY, District Judge.
This is a lawsuit about how the U.S. Government treats unaccompanied alien children ("UAC").1 Generally, when UAC are apprehended by an agency of the Federal Government, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), the agency...
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