D.N.N., et al on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, v. Liggins, 25-cv-1613 (D. Md.)
Summary
D.N.N. was detained for days in the Baltimore Hold Room, a small processing space within the ICE Baltimore Field Office that does not have adequate facilities for long-term detention. These holding cells, according to ICE’s own regulations and statements, are only intended to hold people for up to 12 hours. Despite this, D.N.N. was held for more than 60 hours. This lawsuit represents D.N.N. and a class of people who have faced similar treatment.
While confined, D.N.N. and others were subjected to medical neglect and inhumane conditions. D.N.N. suffers from Type II Diabetes and was repeatedly denied access to her medication and necessary care, even after her family gave ICE the medication. The conditions of this detention center were so horrific as to induce panic attacks and cause severe mental distress. People detained in the hold rooms were forced to sleep in cold, bright, overcrowded conditions without beds and often without any bedding at all.
The lawsuit asks the court to certify the case as a class action, declare the plaintiffs’ continued detention unlawful, and order the government to end these inhumane conditions and comply with ICE policy. It also seeks D.N.N.’s release or transfer to an adequate facility, protection from being detained there again or removed from the continental United States while the case is pending, and payment of the legal costs that were incurred.
Update
In March 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction requiring ICE to end unconstitutional and inhumane conditions there. The March 6, 2026 order also certified a class of “all persons who are now, or will be, detained at the Baltimore Hold Rooms” and ensured that the preliminary injunction would protect all members of that class, finding that ICE has violated their Fifth Amendment rights.