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Civil Rights

Mar. 29, 2008

In Mixed Ruling, Judge Allows Detention Suit to Go Forward

In a mixed ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles has allowed a lawsuit challenging the prolonged detention of immigrants to move forward, but at the same time denied the plaintiffs' request for class status.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 9

      LOS ANGELES - In a mixed ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles has allowed a lawsuit challenging the prolonged detention of immigrants to move forward, but at the same time denied the plaintiffs' request for class status.
      U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. wrote that all the motions t...

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