California ICE Detention Center Case Likely to Transfer Courts

A lawsuit accusing ICE of inhumane treatment of detainees at its largest detention facility in California will likely be transferred to a new federal court, but not without some relief for the detainees.

Judge Maxine M. Chesney of the San Francisco-based US District Court for the Northern District of California said at a hearing Friday that she believes the case should probably be heard in the Eastern District of California, the court venue that covers the ICE facility located in the isolated Mojave Desert.

But first, Chesney said she will likely issue some kind of injunction requiring Immigration and Customs ...