Solicitor General Considers Filing Amicus Brief In Detainee Class Wage Appeals

Mealey's (January 25, 2024, 1:54 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The United States filed a response to a March 2023 order by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals inviting the submission of an amicus curiae brief in two appeals by a Washington state detention center owner and operator challenging a minimum wage verdict for a class of immigration detainees and an unjust enrichment award for Washington, stating that the solicitor general was considering whether to authorize such a filing and that a brief, if authorized, would be filed by Feb. 21....