Stay Of Discovery During Appeal Denied In ICE Detainee Class Suit

Mealey's (November 2, 2020, 11:58 AM EST) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Oct. 30 declined to stay discovery pending an appellate court’s ruling on appeal in a class complaint by individuals being held in federal immigration detention centers who are seeking release of high-risk individuals due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, opining that none of the four factors in Nken v. Holder were satisfied (Faour Abdallah Fraihat, et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al., No. 19-1546, C.D. Calif.)....