Menocal v. The GEO Group, Inc.
Case Overview
Class action by Aurora immigration detainees alleging GEO Group violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) through forced labor under threat of solitary confinement (mandatory sanitation program) and unjust enrichment via the $1/day Voluntary Work Program. Two classes certified. SCOTUS affirmed Feb 2026 that Yearsley immunity is a merits defense, not jurisdictional — case returns to D. Colo. for merits trial.
The Application
GEO Group operates detention facilities under federal contract and faces allegations of forced labor through a mandatory sanitation program and economic exploitation via a $1/day work program. The company must now defend these specific claims on the merits by demonstrating its conduct was authorized by and pursuant to its government contract.
The Conclusion
Two classes of detainees certified; case returns to D. Colo. for merits trial on whether the TVPA and unjust enrichment claims survive GEO Group's Yearsley immunity defense.
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