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Rights Lawsuit: Immigrant Teens and Shenandoah Valley

rights lawsuit: Shenandoah's lawyers have denied the allegations, according to Vancouver Courier. They asked U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Dillon to postpone a hearing scheduled for September to give them time to investigate the fourth teen's claims. Lawyers for immigrant teens who allege severe abuse inside a Virginia detention centre plan to push ahead with a federal civil rights lawsuit even though two of the teens have returned to their home countries and a third no longer wants to be part of the case.A lawyer suing the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center said Tuesday they expect a fourth teen with similar allegations to join the case.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver High on Life vloggers die in Shannon Falls tragedy Vancouver wrestler Calamity Kate vies for Mexican wrestling glory Warning issued after passenger infected with measles lands at YVRLearn some sweet kung fu moves and how to film it The Associated Press reported last month on sworn statements from Latino teens who alleged being beaten while handcuffed, locked up for long periods in solitary confinement and left nude and shivering in concrete cells. Read Related Topics var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul var related Url var related Link Class relatedlink-processed ; if related Url && ! -1 var related UrlFrags related Url.split '/' ; related Url './' -1 ; related Link Class ul 2018 Vancouver Courier (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.