Kaplan Hecker & Fink name partner Sean Hecker delivered a speedy win on behalf of the Federal Defenders of New York, suing to restore the constitutional rights to hundreds of individuals detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. A fire at the facility caused power outages and heating system failures, as well as “near total cancellation of legal and family visiting for male inmates,” according to the Feb. 4 complaint. U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall immediately ordered the government to reinstate legal visiting.
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