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On Monday, we got a disappointing Supreme Court decision (PDF) that
immunizes government doctors from personal liability for providing
constitutionally inadequate medical care. But in that bad decision
is an important acknowledgment that in Hui v. Castañeda "the
Government filed a formal notice admitting liability with respect
to...medical negligence." Francisco Castañeda lost his life
at age 36 because of that negligence. The ACLU has been involved in
the Castañeda case for more than three years. We urge that
his memory be honored by Congress enacting reforms to the
immigration detention system that caused his premature death. A
legal resident of the United States who fled civil war in El
Salvador at age 10, Castañeda was placed in a San Di...
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