On December 3, 2018, a U.S. citizen detainee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to challenge his unlawful arrest and detention by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. The plaintiff alleged that the Sheriff's Office carelessly and aggressively arrested him for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) between the two agencies, in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights and his right to be free from false imprisonment under Florida law. The BOA scheme, which provides the Sheriff with $50 per arrest, is an attempt to put a new gloss on local arrests for ICE. The plaintiff claimed that despite his repeated protests to multiple jail officers and his offer to produce proof of his U.S. citizenship, the Sheriff’s Office held him so that ICE could deport him to Jamaica. The plaintiff sought declaratory and compensatory damages, as well as attorney’s fees.

On February 11, 2019, Judge Williams set a jury trial on February 3, 2020 and a mediator was appointed on March 14, 2019. A mediation has been scheduled to take place on August 21, 2019.

Sichun Liu - 04/11/2019


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