UC Davis Law Center Urges Ninth Circuit to Uphold Due Process

What changed

The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies and the California Unity Bar Association filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. They are urging the court to uphold an injunction protecting immigration detainees’ access to legal counsel, citing allegations of racial profiling in immigration raids.

Why it matters

The filing puts due-process protections at the center of the Ninth Circuit’s review. If the injunction remains in place, immigration detainees would retain the legal-counsel access it protects while the case proceeds. That access can shape whether people understand and challenge the government’s actions against them.

The court’s decision, timing and the injunction’s precise scope have not been reported.