District Court, N.D. California December 23, 2011, No. C 11-4001 RS (De Abadia-Peixoto v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION TO CERTIFY CLASS

RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This putative class action challenges a policy and practice whereby all civil immigration detainees are shackled during their appearances in immigration court in San Francisco, without individual determinations of need for such restraints.