US EditionAppellate court pauses lawsuit over Everglades detention center due to government shutdown
The appellate court halted the lawsuit due to a government shutdown affecting Justice and Homeland Security funding, with $608 million reimbursed to Florida for the facility.
- A federal lawsuit challenging an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades was temporarily paused by an appellate court due to the government shutdown.
- Environmental groups and a Native American tribe sued the federal and state governments, alleging they didn't conduct an environmental review for the facility in sensitive wetlands.
- A district judge ordered the detention center to wind down operations within two months, but an appellate court allowed it to remain open pending an appeal.
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Appellate court pauses lawsuit over Everglades detention center due to government shutdown
A federal lawsuit over an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” has been paused by an appellate court because of the government shutdown.
Appellate court pauses lawsuit over Alligator Alcatraz due to government shutdown
ORLANDO — A federal lawsuit that temporarily had interrupted operations at an immigration detention in the Florida Everglades dubbed Alligator Alcatraz was paused Wednesday by an appellate court because of the government shutdown. Earlier this month, U.S. government attorneys had asked the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to stay proceedings in the case because funding for the Justice Department, as well as the Department of Homeland Secur…
Appeals Court Pauses Case Challenging Destructive Everglades Detention Facility
Center for Biological Diversity: MIAMI— An appeals court today granted a federal request to pause appellate court proceedings in a lawsuit challenging the massive detention center in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” The pause effectively halts the lawsuit brought by conservation groups.
An appeals court on Wednesday suspended a federal lawsuit that temporarily interrupted operations in a Florida immigration detention center known as "Alcatraz de los Caimans", due to the closure of the government.
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