California Judge Denies Injunction in ICE Conditions Suit (1)

A nonprofit suing on behalf of immigrant detainees failed to convince a district court on Thursday to issue an injunction at a California US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center after the court found it lacked organizational standing to challenge the facility’s conditions.

While the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles lacks standing to challenge detention conditions, four individual detainee plaintiffs can pursue claims against ICE and US Department of Homeland Security officials, Judge Sunshine S. Sykes said in court minutes from Tuesday. The US District Court for the Central District of California denied the coalition’s motion for ...