LAW OFFICES OF CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
115 SANSOME STREET, 9TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104
TELEPHONE 421.3403
( AREA CODE 415 )
January 27, 1978
Mr. Herman Baca 105 South Harbison National City, California 92050
Re: Casa Justicia v. Duffy, S.D. Cal. 75-0219A-GT
Dear Herman:
This letter just confirms our brief telephone con- versation today and agreement to dismiss the above- entitled case. I have enclosed a copy of the Stipulation for your information.
Sincerely,
VICTOR HARRIS
VH:dc 1 VICTOR HARRIS, ESQ. NEIL GOTANDA, ESQ. 2 DIANE S. GREENBERG, ESQ. CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 3 115 Sansome Street San Francisco, California 94104 4 Telephone: (415) 421-3405 5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 6
7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CASA JUSTICIA, et al., 11 ) ) Plaintiff, Civil No. 75-0219A-GT 12 ) ) 13 ) v . ) STIPULATION AND ORDER 14 ) ) JOHN DUFFY, etc., et al., 15 ) ) Defendants. ) 16 ) 17 Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(2), 18 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is hereby stipulated that the above-entitled 19 action may be dismissed, each party to bear its own costs. 20 Dated: December 28, 1977. 21 y VICTOR HARRIS, one 22 of the attorneys for Plaintiff CASA JUSTICIA 23
24 Donald L. Clark, County C,212E5e1 25 Dated: 26 LLOYD. M. HARMON, JR., Deputy, 27 Attorneys for Defendants 28 ORDER Based upon the Stipulation of the parties 29 hereto, and good cause appearing therefor: 30 IT IS SO ORDERED. 31 Dated: 32
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE LAW OFFICES OF CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
328 CAYUGA STREET
P.O. 80X 846
SALINAS, CALIFORNIA 99901
TELEPHONE 424.2201
(AREA CODE 408)
February 3, 1978
Mr. Herman Baca Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Chicano Rights 1837 Highland Avenue National City, CA 92050 Dear Mr, Baca: I received your name and address from Bob Ryan, as a person interested in the problem of harassment by local police agencies of individuals over their immigration status. A group of Legal Aid, C.R.L.A., M.A.L.D.E.F., and private attorneys met recently to discuss strategies to deal with this problem, and to coordinate efforts on a statewide basis. As part of this, it was decided to attempt to uncover and document as many cases of police harassment as possible, throughout the state. We are interested in any incidents in which local law enforcement officials arrested or detained any person solely for an immigration violation, or interrogated any person regarding his/her immigration status. While certain extraordinary circumstances may justify such detentions or interrogations, in nearly all such cases the police are acting without probable cause and there- fore unlawfully. If you are familiar with any harassment incidents we would be interested in receiving a report summarizing what happened. The report should contain the following information:
1) Name of the victim or victims; 2) Immigration status of the victim;
3) Place and date;
4) Police agency involved-individuals' names if known; CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
5) Brief narrative of the interrogation or events leading to arrest;
6) Period of detention, if any--circumstances of release;
7) Description of damages suffered as result of detention--last work, separation from family, etc.
Meetings are being planned for the near future with various officials, so it is important that we quickly develop facts demonstrating the full scope of this problem.
If you have any questions regarding the information requested, or wish to learn more about the activities of our ad hoc group, feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE I
JO ANN NOVOSON Attorney at Law
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les, P.O. Box 998, Peter Stuyvesant Station New York, New York 10009 ceP Telephone: (212) 674-2640
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