K.O. v. SESSIONS

CIV.ACT.NO. 18-40149-TSH.

436 F.Supp.3d 442 (2020)

K.O. and E.O., Jr., by and through their parents and next friends E.O. and L.J., and C.J. by and through his father F.C., on behalf of Themselves and all similarly situated individuals, Plaintiffs, v. Jefferson Beauregard SESSIONS III, Former Attorney General of the United States, Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, John F. Kelly, White House Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, Senior Advisor to the President, Gene Hamilton, Counselor to the Attorney General Sessions, Thomas Homan, Former Director of the Department of United States Department of Customs and Immigration Enforcement, Ronald D. Vitiello, Acting Director of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, L. Francis Cissna, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Kevin K. McAleenan, Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection, Alex Azar, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; Scott Lloyd, Director of the United States Office of Refugee Resettlement; John Doe United States Customs and Border Protection Agents, John Doe and John Doe Office of Refugee Resettlement Personnel, Defendants,

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Filed February 3, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1981
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1981 Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 555 Prison Condition
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Cooper, Joseph M. Cacace, Todd & Weld, David A. Vicinanzo, Pro Hac Vice, Lauren Maynard, Nixon Peabody LLP, Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, Pro Hac Vice, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, Oren N. Nimni, Boston, MA, Jesse M. Bless, Law Office of Jeff Goldman, Salem, MA, Nathan P. Warecki, Nixon Peabody LLP, Manchester, NH, Susan B. Church, Demissie & Church, Cambridge, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Paul C. Quast, Mary H. Mason, Thomas G. Ward, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

Background

The Plaintiffs are all minor, non-United States citizen children who were forcibly separated from their parents in immigration detention facilities without benefit of prior legal proceedings. This separation...

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