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Co-workers of a man at an ICE facility who sexually assaulted a teen Honduran mother are not immune from suit, the 3rd Circ. ruled, affirming immigration detainees have 14th Amendment due process protections.
Background via @LexandraJones @CourthouseNews courthousenews.com/support-weak-f…
Background via @LexandraJones @CourthouseNews courthousenews.com/support-weak-f…
The case is now headed for trial. Story ahead.
The Third Circuit's ruling is here: www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/18168…
The Third Circuit's ruling is here: www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/18168…
The assault took place inside ICE's Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania. The staffer who committed it was convicted, and the those who did not prevent it face possible civil liability.
This profile of the facility is from 2017: nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Ins…
This profile of the facility is from 2017: nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Ins…
"The right to ‘not be sexually assaulted by a state employee while in confinement’ was clearly established"
A Third Circuit ruling holding that immigration detainees are entitled to the 14th Amendment's due-process protections.
My latest @CourthouseNews. courthousenews.com/no-immunity-fo…
A Third Circuit ruling holding that immigration detainees are entitled to the 14th Amendment's due-process protections.
My latest @CourthouseNews. courthousenews.com/no-immunity-fo…
