The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Photo: Ken Lund
A lawsuit alleging that officials in upstate New York’s Orange County unconstitutionally failed to provide mental health discharge planning to two individuals in immigration detention will continue after a federal appellate court reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed the litigation.
The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in a decision Friday that the plaintiffs could argue that such planning qualifies as legally mandated in-custody care and could therefore be evaluated through a constitutional lens.
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