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June 5, 2017

Farrish Johnson Instrumental In Federal Court Immigration Case

Farrish Johnson attorney Will Partridge acted as pro bono counsel in a lawsuit filed in federal court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.  The lawsuit challenged Nobles County’s practice of holding undocumented persons pursuant to detainers placed on them by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) past the time they should have been released from State custody. In this case the plaintiff’s wife attempted to post bail on her husband’s relatively minor criminal charge.  Nobles County refused to accept bail because her husband was subject to an ICE detainer.  As a result, the lawsuit claimed that the plaintiff had...
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