TURKMEN v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-CV-2307.

915 F.Supp.2d 314 (2013)

Ibrahim TURKMEN, Akhilsachdeva, Ahmer Iqbal Abbasi, Anser Mehmood, Benamar Benatta, Ahmed Khalifa, Saeed Hammouda, and Purna Raj Bajracharya on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. John ASHCROFT, former Attorney General of the United States, Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James W. Ziglar, former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Dennis Hasty, former Warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), Michael Zenk, former Warden MDC, James Sherman, former MDC Associate Warden for Custody; Salvatore Lopresti, former MDC Captain; Joseph Cuciti, former MDC Lieutenant, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

January 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center For Constitutional Rights, New York, N.Y. by Rachel Anne Meeropol , George Gardner , William P. Quigley , Sunita Patel , Michael Winger , Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, VA by Dennis C. Barghaan, Jr., Attorney for Defendant John Ashcroft.

Ronald C. Machen, Jr. , United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, by R. Craig Lawrence, Attorney for Defendant Robert Mueller.

Law Offices of William Alden McDaniel, Jr. , Baltimore, MD by William Alden McDaniel, Jr. , Attorney for Defendant James Ziglar.

Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC by David Bell , Michael L. Martinez , Attorneys for Defendant Dennis Hasty.

Duval & Stachenfeld LLP New York, N.Y. by Joshua Klein Attorneys for Defendant Michael Zenk.

Shaw Bransford Veilleux & Roth, P.C., Washington, DC by Debra L. Roth , Attorneys for Defendant James Sherman.

Joseph Cuciti, United States Department of Homeland Security, New York, NY, Defendant Pro Se.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN GLEESON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Ibrahim Turkmen, Akhil Sachdeva, Ahmer Iqbal Abbasi, Anser Mehmood, Benamar Benatta, Ahmed Khalifa, Saeed Hammouda, and Purna Raj Bajracharya bring this putative class action against John Ashcroft, Robert Mueller, James Ziglar, Dennis Hasty, Michael Zenk, James Sherman, Salvatore Lopresti, and Joseph Cuciti. Plaintiffs were arrested and detained by federal authorities in connection with...

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