May 21 Order: "Each individual [held in Djibouti] must be afforded access to counsel that is commensurate with the access that they would have received had these procedures occurred within the US." 3 weeks later, DHS still inching toward providing detainees with access to lawyers. Is this standard?
![[Case header] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS D.V.D., et al., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 1:25-cv-10676-BEM [Document title] DEFENDANTS’ STATUS REPORT Consistent with the Court’s May 21, 2025 order (ECF No. 119), Defendants file this status report as an update to the reports they provided on May 25, 2025, June 2, 2025, and June 9, 2025. On June, 11, 2025, counsel for Defendants provided counsel for Plaintiffs with additional information including: (1) the alien numbers of the aliens in DHS custody in Djibouti, and (2) contact information for the aliens including an ICE point of contact who can arrange communications with the aliens. [Link to document https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282404/gov.uscourts.mad.282404.172.0.pdf ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2mokclyoevmf2gxihjkmzee/bafkreidv6h4x6zc3ye5hyblwr4676jmzqvo5lp32gyutu4ufgkq5angkfy@jpeg)