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DOE v. U.S.

No. 15-50331.

831 F.3d 309 (2016)

Kimberly DOE; Constance Roe; Sarah Doe; Beth Roe; Emily Roe; Raquel Doe, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Sara Doe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Kimberly Doe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Raquel Doe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Anna Roe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Georgina Roe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Emily Roe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Beth Roe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Constance Roe, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Williamson County; Corrections Corporation of America (CCA); Evelyn Hernandez, former CCA Facility Administrator; Donald Dunn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 27, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Whitburn , Whitburn & Pevsner, P.L.L.C., Arlington, TX, William O. Whitehurst , Whitehurst, Harkness, Brees, Cheng, Alsaffar & Higginbotham, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr. , Civil Division, Appellate Section, Laura Grace Lothman , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Nicholas D. Acedo , Christina Retts , Struck Wieneke & Love, P.L.C., Chandler, AZ, Andrew L. Edelman , Andrew J. Schumacher , Winstead, P.C., Houston, TX, Allison L. Bowers , Hutcheson Bowers, L.L.L.P., Michael Ray Burnett , PiperBurnett, Jeffrey Jackson Hobbs, Armbrust & Brown, P.L.L.C., Charles Kneeland Cooper, IV , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Austin, TX, Henry Walter Prejean , District Attorney's Office for the County of Williamson, Georgetown, TX, Defendants-Appellees.

Before SOUTHWICK and COSTA, Circuit Judges, and OZERDEN, District Judge.

Several female alien detainees filed lawsuits alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Federal Tort Claims Act, among others. The district court ruled in the defendants' favor on various grounds. We AFFIRM in part, and REVERSE and REMAND in part.

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