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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Immigrant miscarriage suit tossed

SAN DIEGO — A federal court in California reconsidered its previous determination that it lacked jurisdiction over an asylum seeker’s claim that the miscarriage she suffered at a private immigration detention center was caused by inadequate medical care. Finding it has diversity jurisdiction over the case, the court grants CoreCivic’s motion for summary judgment because she couldn’t point to any employee whose negligence caused her miscarriage.

Read the ruling here.

Read our previous coverage of this suit here.

Categories / Briefs, Civil Rights, Health, Immigration, Personal Injury

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