US EditionJudge pushes for resolution in lawsuit over legal access at Everglades detention center
The conference aims to resolve detainees' restricted legal access amid claims of appointment delays and transfers, with $608 million reimbursed for facility operations.
- A federal judge in Florida is pushing for a resolution in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz are getting adequate access to attorneys.
- The lawsuit filed by detainees against the federal and state governments over legal access is one of three federal cases challenging practices at the immigration detention center that was built this summer at a remote airstrip in the Florida Everglades by the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
- Attorneys representing detainees at the Everglades facility are seeking a preliminary injunction that will make it easier for their clients to meet and communicate with their individual attorneys.
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A Florida federal judge is pressing for a lawsuit to be settled as to whether the detainees at an immigration center in Florida’s Everglades known as “Alcatraz de los Caimans” are having adequate access to lawyers. District federal judge Sheri Polster Chappell last Friday ordered a two-day conference to be held next month in her courtroom in Fort Myers, with the presence of attorneys empowered to reach an agreement. The judge requested updated i…
By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A federal judge in Florida is seeking to resolve a lawsuit over whether immigrants detained at a Florida detention center known as the “Alcatraz of the Alligators” receive adequate access to legal counsel. Judge Sheri Polster Chappell ordered last Friday that a two-day conference be held next month in her Fort Myers courtroom, with the participation of attorneys who have the authority to reach a settleme…
Judge pushes for resolution in lawsuit over legal access at Everglades detention center
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Judge pushes for resolution in lawsuit over legal access at Everglades detention center
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida is pushing for a resolution in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Florida Everglades are getting adequate access to attorneys. Related Articles Justice Department says full grand jury in Comey case didn’t review copy of final indictment What to know about expanded work requirements about to kick in for …
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