Gonzalez v. CoreCivic | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

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Case Name	Gonzalez v. CoreCivic	IM-TX-0050
Docket / Court	1:18-cv-00169 ( W.D. Tex. )
State/Territory	Texas
Case Type(s)	Immigration and/or the Border
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-basis

Immigration status

General

Bathing and hygiene

Conditions of confinement

Confinement/isolation

Disciplinary procedures

Forced labor

Placement in detention facilities

Immigration/Border

Detention - conditions

Detention - procedures

Undocumented immigrants - rights and duties

National Origin/Ethnicity

Hispanic

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Non-government for profit

Causes of Action

State law
Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), 18 U.S.C. § 1589

Case Details


Defendant(s)	CoreCivic
Plaintiff Description	Former civil immigration detainee at facilities operated by CoreCivic and forced to perform work to clean, maintain, and operate CoreCivic's detention facilities.
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status outcome	Pending
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Filed	02/22/2018
Case Ongoing	Yes

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Documents


Court	Docket(s)
W.D. Tex. 04/14/2021	1:18-cv-00169 IM-TX-0050-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
	General Documents
W.D. Tex. 02/22/2018	Complaint [ECF# 1] IM-TX-0050-0001.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D. Tex. 03/01/2019	Order [ECF# 29] (2019 WL 4388425) IM-TX-0050-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D. Tex. 06/10/2019	Order [ECF# 42] IM-TX-0050-0003.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
U.S. Court of Appeals 01/20/2021	[Opinion] [Ct. of App. ECF# 00515712811] (986 F.3d 536) IM-TX-0050-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| External Link \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Ho, James Chiun-Yue (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-0004 Oldham, Andrew Stephen (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-0004 Smith, Jerry Edwin (Fifth Circuit) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-0004 Yeakel, Earl Leroy III (W.D. Tex.) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-0002 \| IM-TX-0050-0003 \| IM-TX-0050-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Buenker, Josef F. (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-0001 \| IM-TX-0050-9000 Padgett, Thomas H. Jr. (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-0001 \| IM-TX-0050-9000 Pattisapu, Vijay Anand (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Bowers, Allison L. (Texas) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-9000 Hesman, Ashlee (Arizona) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-9000 Lee, Jacob B. (Arizona) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-9000 Love, Rachel (Arizona) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-9000 Struck, Daniel Patrick (Arizona) show/hide docs IM-TX-0050-9000