Results 1 to 7 of 7
Thread: Shackled mom wins case SOB
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Hybrid View
-
04-28-2011, 12:56 PM #1
Shackled mom wins case SOB
Shackled mom wins case
Damages coming for Metro, sheriff
1:47 AM, Apr. 28, 2011 |
Written by
Chris Echegaray
The Tennessean
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Nashville mother who triggered a national outcry after she was shackled during labor and after giving birth while in custody of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office.
U.S District Court Judge William Haynes Jr. will set a hearing for damages against Metro government and the sheriff’s office in the Juana Villegas case, which grew out of a July 3, 2008, traffic stop in Berry Hill.
Nine months pregnant, Villegas was arrested and charged with careless driving and driving without vehicle insurance. She didn’t have a driver’s license.
A check of Villegas’ immigration status found she had a previous deportation order to her native Mexico. Her water broke on July 5 and she delivered the baby at 1 a.m. on July 6.
In his decision Wednesday, Haynes wrote that Villegas was “neither a risk of flight nor a danger to anyone,â€NO AMNESTY
Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.
Sign in and post comments here.
Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn
Migrant children in Massachusetts lived among sex predators as...
05-19-2024, 11:33 AM in illegal immigration News Stories & Reports