How Morgan Lewis' Pro Bono Counsel Quickly Jumped Into a Coronavirus Class Action
Morgan Lewis' senior pro bono trial lawyer Susan Baker Manning is among the attorneys working on a class action to protect detained immigrant families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 01, 2020 at 02:43 PM
8 minute read
When Morgan, Lewis & Bockius agreed to represent immigrant families seeking a court order releasing them from detention facilities due to COVID-19, senior pro bono trial attorney Susan Baker Manning found herself jumping into the litigation as it was already speeding along.
The motion for a temporary restraining order in the class-action lawsuit was already filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the Morgan Lewis team was tasked with the bulk of the work in drafting the reply brief. The same day the brief was filed, Manning was among the attorneys on the phone arguing for the motion.
It's not the only challenge to detained immigrants' living conditions, as lawyers allege in federal court in California that not protecting detained immigrant children from the virus violates the terms of the 1990s-era Flores Settlement, which sets the conditions for the treatment of detained immigrant minors. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee found this week that conditions caused by the pandemic violated the settlement, and gave the government until April 6 to lay out how it is protecting detained children and why they should not be released.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Law Firms Mentioned
Trending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter
- 2Wine, Dine and Grind (Through the Weekend): Summer Associates Thirst For Experience in 'Real Matters'
- 3'That's Disappointing': Only 11% of MDL Appointments Went to Attorneys of Color in 2023
- 4What We Know About the Kentucky Judge Killed in His Chambers
- 5'I'm Staying Everything': Texas Bankruptcy Judge Halts Talc Trials Against J&J
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250