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Re:ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s ... by imrehg on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:38PM (#16945268)
It is worse than that - he got nothing.

> After Watson was freed, he sued the government for false imprisonment and won an $82,500 judgment. Then a federal appeals court took it away, ruling that while Watson was in detention he missed the two-year deadline to file his claim.

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Re:ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s ... by archgoon on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:42PM (#16945283)
You are correct. The $20,000 sum comes from a different individual who was only imprisoned for 4 days.
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Re:ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s ... by rgbrenner on Friday April 27, 2018 @10:42PM (#16945812)
If you want to read the reasoning behind it, this is the appeals ruling:

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wa...

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Re:ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s ... by UncleEntity on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:48PM (#16945300)
> ...ruling that while Watson was in detention he missed the two-year deadline to file his claim.

Kafka would be proud methinks...

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