No Pause on Immigrants’ GPS Ankle Monitor Class Action (1)

Immigrant detainees alleging Libre by Nexus charges them exorbitant fees for GPS ankle monitors convinced a federal court not to pause their class action.

The alleged monetary damage incurred by plaintiffs is “particularly harmful here given plaintiffs’ modest means,” Judge Claudia Wilken wrote for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Plaintiffs’ counsel called the order “huge victory for the immigrant community who continue to suffer economically, physically, and emotionally because of Libre’s shackles, and unfair business practices.”

The company’s “offer of freedom to vulnerable populations is a total fraud,” Annick M. Persinger of Tycko & Zavareei ...