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Case Name Families for Freedom v. Chertoff Immigration
Docket / Court 08-4056 ( S.D.N.Y. ) IM-NY-0045
State/Territory New York
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Docket(s)
08−cv−04056 (S.D.N.Y.) 10/01/2009
IM-NY-0045-9000 | PDF | Detail
PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
[Letter - Petition to Initiate Rule Making] 01/24/2007
IM-NY-0045-0003 | PDF | Detail
Complaint 04/30/2008
IM-NY-0045-0002 | PDF | Detail
Press Release 05/01/2008
IM-NY-0045-0001 | PDF | Detail
Memorandum Decision 06/25/2009 (2009 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 56092)
IM-NY-0045-0005 | PDF | Detail
Document Source: District Court
[DHS Letter - Denial of Petition to Initiate Rule Making] 07/24/2009
IM-NY-0045-0004 | PDF | Detail
CAUSES OF ACTION AND ISSUES click to show/hide detail
Issues
General
Conditions of confinement
Detention - conditions
Detention - criteria
Detention - procedures
Undocumented immigrants - rights and duties
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Causes of Action Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq.
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Case Listing None on record
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Defendant(s) Department of Homeland Security
Plaintiff Description none recorded
Indexed Lawyer Organizations None on record
Class action status sought No
Class action status granted No
Prevailing Party Mixed
Public Int. Lawyer Yes
Nature of Relief Injunction / Injunctive-like Private Settlement
Source of Relief Litigation
Form of Settlement
Order Duration 2009 - n/a
Case Closing Year 2009
Case Ongoing No
PEOPLE click to show/hide detail
Judges Chin, Denny (S.D.N.Y.)
IM-NY-0045-0005 | IM-NY-0045-9000
Monitors/Masters None on record
Plaintiff's Lawyers Wishnie, Michael J. (Connecticut)
IM-NY-0045-0002 | IM-NY-0045-0003 | IM-NY-0045-0005 | IM-NY-0045-9000
Defendant's Lawyers Bober, David (New York)
IM-NY-0045-0005 | IM-NY-0045-9000
Dassin, Lev L. (New York)
IM-NY-0045-0005
Lute, Jane Holl
IM-NY-0045-0004
Other Lawyers None on record
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