RYAN v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

No. 19-1838.

974 F.3d 9 (2020)

Marian RYAN, in her official capacity as Middlesex County District Attorney, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francesca M. Genova , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, William C. Peachey , Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Erez R. Reuveni , Assistant Director, were on brief, for appellants.

Michael M. Hethmon , Christopher J. Hajec , and Ralph L. Casale on brief for Immigration Reform Law Institute, amicus curiae.

David J. Zimmer , Special Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, with whom Daryl L. Wiesen , Alicia Rubio-Spring , and Goodwin Procter LLP were on brief, for appellees Ryan and Rollins.

Wendy S. Wayne on brief for appellee Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Oren N. Nimni , Lawyers for Civil Rights, David J. Zimmer , Daryl L. Wiesen , Alicia Rubio-Spring , and Goodwin Procter LLP on brief for appellee Chelsea Collaborative, Inc.

Dayna J. Zolle , Elizabeth B. Wydra , Brianne J. Gorod , and Ashwin Phatak on brief for Constitutional Accountability Center, amicus curiae.

Nikolas Bowie , Sabrineh Ardalan , Philip L. Torrey , and Norah Rast on brief for Nikolas Bowie and Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, amici curiae.

Ari J. Savitzky , Assistant Solicitor General of New York, Letitia James , Attorney General, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, William Tong , Attorney General of Connecticut, Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Kwame Raoul , Attorney General of Illinois, Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland, Keith Ellison , Attorney General of Minnesota, Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General of New Jersey, Hector Balderas , Attorney General of New Mexico, Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General of Oregon, Josh Shapiro , Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General of Rhode Island, Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General of Washington, Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General of Vermont, and Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, on brief for states of New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington and the District of Columbia, amici curiae.

Douglas E. Keith , Alicia L. Bannon , and Brennan Center for Justice on brief for 19 Former Massachusetts Judges, amici curiae.

Thomas J. Carey, Jr. , Martin W. Healy , and Christopher N. Lasch on brief for Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, and South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston, amici curiae.

Maria T. Davis , Howard M. Cooper , and Todd & Weld, LLP on brief for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Lauren Godles Milgroom , Joel A. Fleming , Amanda R. Crawford , and Block & Leviton LLP on brief for 27 Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocacy Organizations, amici curiae.

Before Torruella, Selya, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


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