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JAMA v. U.S. I.N.S.

Civ. No. 97-3093 (DRD).

22 F.Supp.2d 353 (1998)

Hawa Abdi JAMA, Abu Bakar, Joseph Ackah, Charles Addai, Benjamin Anang, Dweku Awotowe, Yvetee Nsukami Badjoko, Gonzalo Crespo, Joseph Debrah, Cecilia Kou Jeffrey, Anantharajah Jeyakumar, Abraham Kenneh, Nagendran Manoharan, Thomas Kyeu Manu, Dennis Raji, Shamimu Nanteza, Agatha Serwaa, Jasmel Singh, Folorunsho Wasiu Alibi and Sarah Tetteh Yower, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Correctional Services Corporation (formerly "Esmor Correctional Services Inc."), David McLean, Norman Uzzle, Michael D. Rozos, Earline Boyer, Alan Freiss, John Doe Silva, James Slattery, Aaron Speisman, Willard Stovall, John Lima, James Pouland, Diane McClure, Richard Staley, Kevin T. Brodie, Irving Brown, Catrina Clark, Leonard Eady, John Doe Edider, John Doe Feder, Frank Figel, Luis Garcia, Darrell Gill, Winfred Hawkins, John Doe Hayes, William Higgs, Isaiah Hughes, Dorian Hunter, Willie O. Hunger, Michael Jackson, Phillip Johnson, Jon Doe Kutz, Michael Melendez, Jane Doe Michelle, John Doe Mohammed, Okay Nkenke, John Doe Phil, Robert Snead, Corey Stradford, Michael Tate, Augustus Vanderpuye, William Wallington, Norman Williams, John Doe Wilson and John and Jane Does 1-50, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Askin, Penny M. Venetis, Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ, Michael J. Holden, Martin Glenn, Tina Antonakakis, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Citicorp Center, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Faith S. Hochberg, United States Attorney, Susan C. Cassell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy Chief, Civil Division, Newark, NJ, Theodore C. Hirt, Lucinda A. Love, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for defendant INS.

Edward R. Murphy, Murphy and O'Connor, Haddonfield, NJ, A. David Carlson, Nathan M. Rymer, Carlson & Smith, P.C., Houston, TX, for defendants INS Officials.

Daniel V. Gsovski, Chase Kurshan Suhr Herzfeld & Rubin, (a partnership including a professional corporation), Newark, NJ, for defendants Correctional Services Corporation (sued herein as "Esmor Correctional Services, Inc.") and other Esmor defendants.

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs, aliens who sought asylum and who were detained at a facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, brought this action against defendants Correctional Services Corporation, a number of its officers and employees, the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"), and various INS officials, alleging mistreatment while detained in that facility and asserting claims under federal, state and international...

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