Originally Posted by
MikeMpls
I don't care, it was just an interesting but macabre diversion.
I know; its just that I followed the case and the result is that it places the medical righs of immigrant detainees below those of people in jail/prison.
Originally Posted by
MikeMpls
It turns out that the subject of this thread is bogus, just another urban legend bouncing around the internet:
Both cases were entitled "Castaneda v. USA", but the one relevant to this thread apparently was dismissed by the district ct. in 1997 with no such precendent establish (district courts decisions don't establish precedent anyway), and the sheriff made no such wild claims.
That settles that.