Alejandro MENOCAL, Marcos Brambila, Grisel Xahuentitla, Hugo Hernandez, Lourdes Argueta, Jesus Gaytan, Olga Alexaklina, Dagoberto Vizguerra, and Demetrio Valegra, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
The GEO GROUP, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; National Employment Law Project; National Guestworker Alliance; National Immigrant Justice Center; National Immigration Law Center; Pangea Legal Services; Public Citizen; Sanctuary for Families; Southern Poverty Law Center; American Immigrants for Justice; Asian Americans Advancing Justice; Detention Watch Network; Human Rights Defense Center; Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Justice Strategies; Legal Aid at Work; Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center; Tahirih Justice Center; Asista Immigration Assistance; Freedom Network USA, Amici Curiae.
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FILED February 9, 2018.
FILED February 9, 2018.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark Emery , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Charles A. Deacon Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, Texas; and Dana Eismeier , Burns, Figa & Will, Greenwood Village, Colorado, with him on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.
Scott D. McCoy and Shalini Agarwal , Southern Poverty Law Center, Tallahassee, Florida, Alia Al-Khatib , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miami, Florida, and Lisa Graybill , Southern Poverty Law Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, filed a brief for the Southern Poverty Law Center as Amicus Curiae, in support of Appellees.
Adina H. Rosenbaum and Scott L. Nelson , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for Public Citizen, Inc., and The National Employment Law Project, as Amici Curiae, in support of Appellees.
Andrew C. Lillie , Nathaniel H. Nesbitt , and Ann C. Stanton , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Denver, Colorado, filed a brief for Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center, Tahirih Justice Center, Asista Immigration Assistance, Freedom Network USA, and Sanctuary for Families, as Amici Curiae, in support of Appellees.
Before MATHESON, BACHARACH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
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