A settlement is in the works in a lawsuit filed by Latino workers at a Grainger County slaughterhouse who were arrested without proof of wrongdoing in a controversial raid authorized by the U.S. government.
U.S. District Judge Travis McDonough has issued a stay in the class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of Latino workers at the Southeastern Provision meat processing plant in Bean Station, Tennessee, after the April 2018 raid.
The judge stated in the stay order that a proposed settlement has been reached between the workers, the U.S. government and a slew of federal agents accused of targeting Latino workers solely based on their ethnicity.
“On Aug. 29, 2022, the parties notified the court by email of their agreement in principle to settle the case,” McDonough wrote. “In their notice, the parties request that the court stay all deadlines through Sept. 9, 2022, to allow sufficient time to finalize their settlement agreement.”
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