WILWAL v. NIELSEN

Civil No. 17-2835 (DWF/DTS).

346 F.Supp.3d 1290 (2018)

Abdisalam WILWAL, and Sagal Abdigani, Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Children, M.O., N.W., A.W., and A.M., Plaintiffs, v. Kirstjen NIELSEN, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Kevin McAleenan, Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in His Official Capacity; Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in His Official Capacity; Derek N. Benner, Acting Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in His Official Capacity; Jefferson B. Sessions, Attorney General of the United States, in His Official Capacity; Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in His Official Capacity; Charles H. Kable, IV, Director of the Terrorist Screening Center, in His Official Capacity; and the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

Signed September 27, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Handeyside, Esq. , and Hina Shamsi, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; Teresa J. Nelson, Esq. , John B. Gordon, Esq. , and Ian Bratlie, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Minnesota; and Randall Tietjen, Esq. , Amira A. ElShareif, Esq. , and Sarah E. Friedricks, Esq. , Robins Kaplan LLP, counsel for Plaintiffs.

Erica McDonald , United States Attorney, and Erin M. Secord , Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office; and Chad A. Readler, Esq. , John R. Tyler, Esq. , Michael L. Drezner, Esq. , James G. Touhey, Jr., Esq. , Rupert Mitsch, Esq. , and Paul D. Stern, Esq. , United States Department of Justice, counsel for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

INTRODUCTION

This lawsuit arises out of a family's detention at a United States-Canada border crossing. Plaintiffs Abdisalam Wilwal, Sagal Abdigani, and their four children ages 5, 6, 8, and 14 (collectively, "Plaintiffs") bring this lawsuit claiming...

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