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Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today filed a motion for summary judgment in Maryland v. Lyons, seeking a court order to compel U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to produce records related to alleged civil rights abuses concerning reported dangerous, inhumane, and unlawful conditions in ICE “hold rooms" at the George H. Fallon Federal Building in the city of Baltimore.
In its motion for summary judgment, Maryland is asking the court to rule that ICE's refusal to produce documents that were subpoenaed by the Attorney General is unlawful and to order ICE and DHS to produce the documents promptly.
The lawsuit, which was filed on March 10, arises out of the Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) Civil Rights Division and Federal Accountability Unit's joint investigation into whether ICE has engaged in a pattern or practice of civil rights violations against individuals detained at the Baltimore facility, including overcrowding, extended detention beyond legal limits, denial of medical care, denial of food and water, failure to provide sanitary conditions, and denial of access to legal counsel.
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