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

Civ. Nos. 97-3093(DRD), 98-1282(DRD).

334 F.Supp.2d 662 (2004)

Hawa Abdi JAMA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, et al., Defendants. Samson Brown, et al., Plaintiff, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, v. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended September 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Askin, Esq., Penny M. Venetis, Esq., Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ, Sean Mack, Esq., Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Plaintiffs, Hawa Abdi Jama et al.

Bruce J. Ressler, Esq., Ellen R. Werther, Esq., Ressler & Ressler, New York City, for Plaintiffs, Samson Brown et al.

Steven D. Weinstein, Esq., J. Llewellyn Mathews, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, Cherry Hill, NJ, Larry S. Reich, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, New York City, Frank R. Volpe, Esq., Ryan D. Nelson, Esq., Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants Esmor Correctional Services, Inc.; James F. Slattery; John Lima; Richard Staley; Aaron Speisman.

Edward R. Murphy. Esq., Elizabeth Dalberth, Esq., Murphy and O'Connor, Cherry Hill, NJ, Marvin C. Moos, Ebanks, Smith & Carlson, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants Michael D. Rozos, Earline Boyer, Alan Friess, Norman Uzzle, and David McLean.

E. Carr Cornog, Esq., Rotolo <<diamond>> Midlige, Lebanon, NJ, for Defendants Willie O. Hunter and Michael Jackson.

Gloria Cherry, Esq., Braff, Harris & Sukoneck, Livingston, NJ, for Defendants Tommie Lee Brown, Robert Snead, Okay Nkenke, Phillip Johnson, and Kevin Brodie.

Jeffrey M. Kadish, Esq., Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, Livingston, NJ, for Defendants Dorian Hunter, Michael Melendez, James Stratford, and Corey Stratford.

Gerald D. Siegel, Esq., Vidya Prasad, Esq., Siegel & Siegel, P.C., Plainsboro, NJ, for Defendant Irving Brown.

John B. Livelli, Esq., Robinson & Livelli, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Willard Stovall.


OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

Pending before the Court are numerous defense motions for summary judgment and for related relief in two actions instituted by undocumented aliens who were detained at a facility that the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") maintained in Elizabeth, New Jersey pending a determination of their asylum status. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc. (now Correctional Services Corporation) ("Esmor") operated...

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