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FAMILIES FOR FREEDOM v. NAPOLITANO

No. 08 Civ. 4056 (DC).

628 F.Supp.2d 535 (2009)

FAMILIES FOR FREEDOM et al., Plaintiffs, v. Janet NAPOLITANO, Secretary of Homeland Security, Defendant.

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

June 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization by Michael Wishnie, Esq., Anand Balakrishnan, Jeffrey Kahn, Lindsay Nash, Law Student Interns, New Haven, CT, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Lev L. Dassin, Esq., Acting United States Attorney for the, Southern District of New York by David Bober, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this case, plaintiffs—two immigrant advocacy organizations and two former immigration detainees—contend that substandard and abusive conditions exist in facilities that house detained immigrants. Consequently, on January 25, 2007, plaintiffs petitioned the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq. (the "APA"), to...

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