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Judge Says Government Is Still Blocking Immigrants' Access to Attorneys at LA Detention Facility
Judge Maame E. Frimpong found ongoing restrictions on detainees’ attorney access and ordered full compliance with rules on confidential calls and visitation hours.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong ruled the government is still restricting detainees’ access to attorneys at a Los Angeles detention facility and ordered remedies after plaintiffs proved noncompliance.
- In July, immigrant groups sued alleging racial targeting, with the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Counsel claiming federal agents systematically targeted brown-skinned people in Southern California.
- Attorneys say meetings at the B‑18 detention facility were held with doors open and guards present, and individuals were moved to sites that do not allow lawyer visits, with notice beginning on Sep. 10, and Rosenbaum told an Oct. 23 hearing lawyers still struggled.
- The ruling mandates seven‑day legal visitation with set minimum hours and denied a stay; Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong also ordered private rooms, confidential calls, and approved expedited discovery covering around 15 raids.
- Despite a Supreme Court emergency appeal lifting a prior order, advocates welcomed the injunction as U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong’s expedited discovery and earlier rulings keep the case active.
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Federal judge orders government to stop blocking immigrant detainees from having access to lawyers
In her ruling this week, Judge Frimpong said that lawyer visiting hours at B-18, which is in the basement of a federal building, have been closed down repeatedly without letting lawyers know, despite her ordering the government to notify them.
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Judge says government is still blocking immigrants' access to attorneys at LA detention facility
A federal judge on Friday said the Trump administration is still violating detained immigrants’ constitutional rights by restricting their access to attorneys at a detention facility in Los Angeles and ordered the government to remedy the matter.
·United States
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