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1 CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
2 SCOTT G. STEWART
3 Deputy Assistant Attorney General
WILLIAM C. PEACHEY
4 Director
5 Office of Immigration Litigation
U.S. Department of Justice
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WILLIAM C. SILVIS
7 Assistant Director
Office of Immigration Litigation
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SARAH B. FABIAN
9 Senior Litigation Counsel
NICOLE MURLEY
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Trial Attorney
11 Office of Immigration Litigation
U.S. Department of Justice
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Box 868, Ben Franklin Station
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Telephone: (202) 532-4824
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Fax: (202) 616-8962
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ADAM L. BRAVERMAN
United States Attorney
SAMUEL W. BETTWY
Assistant U.S. Attorney
California Bar No. 94918
Office of the U.S. Attorney
880 Front Street, Room 6293
San Diego, CA 92101-8893
619-546-7125
619-546-7751 (fax)
Attorneys for Federal RespondentsDefendants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Case No. 18cv428 DMS MDD

MS. L, et al.,

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Petitioners-Plaintiffs,

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U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
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NOTICE REGARDING SITUATION
AT KARNES FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
CENTER

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We have been informed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of a

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Defendants submit this notice to inform the Court of that situation and its resolution.
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Karnes currently houses a number of families with male heads of household
who were reunified under this Court’s preliminary injunction order, and who are

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subject to the stay of removal in this case and being held at Karnes awaiting removal.

9 On August 15, about 40 men detained at Karnes were involved in a disturbance. No
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children housed at Karnes were involved in this incident; all were attending school

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at the time. Sixteen adult male residents were transferred out of Karnes and housed

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to Karnes this evening and that no one was injured during this incident.

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1 DATED: August 16, 2018
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Respectfully submitted,
CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
SCOTT G. STEWART
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
WILLIAM C. PEACHEY
Director
WILLIAM C. SILVIS
Assistant Director
/s/ Sarah B. Fabian
SARAH B. FABIAN
Senior Litigation Counsel
NICOLE MURLEY
Trial Attorney
Office of Immigration Litigation
Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station
Washington, DC 20044
(202) 532-4824
(202) 616-8962 (facsimile)
sarah.b.fabian@usdoj.gov

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ADAM L. BRAVERMAN
United States Attorney
SAMUEL W. BETTWY
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Attorneys for Respondents-Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

2 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:
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I, the undersigned, am a citizen of the United States and am at least eighteen
4 years of age. My business address is Box 868, Ben Franklin Station, Washington
5 DC 20044. I am not a party to the above-entitled action. I have caused service of
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7 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CENTER on all counsel of record, by electronically
8 filing the foregoing with the Clerk of the District Court using its ECF System, which
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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DATED: August 16, 2018

s/ Sarah B. Fabian
Sarah B. Fabian

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