LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An Armenian dissident at present on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Henderson has filed a lawsuit towards the federal authorities looking for his launch, and claiming he is being mistreated whereas in custody.
The lawsuit listed seven defendants, together with Appearing U.S. Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem and Henderson Detention Heart Captain of Corrections Capt. Frenk D’Amico. The fits supplied a window into the circumstances inmates face on the Henderson Detention Heart.
For worry of his security, Vardan Gukasian and his mom fled Armenia and Russia to hunt political asylum in america. His attorneys have tried a number of instances to free their shopper.
“The fact that he has been required to be detained has really made this case much more difficult to defend, and as a result, we’ve had several court hearings,” Zachary Nightingale informed 8 Information Now on Aug. 29.
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ICE brokers arrested Gukasian on Feb. 20 of this 12 months and he has been in custody ever since.
In accordance with a federal lawsuit filed on Sept. 19, Gukasian’s attorneys alleged he has been hospitalized “three times with an ongoing hypertensive crisis.”
Reuven Cohen and Daniel Natal of Los Angeles and Hardeep Sull of Las Vegas are listed as his attorneys within the federal lawsuit.
In addition they acknowledged, “After weeks of insufficiently addressing complaints of chest pain, blurred vision, nosebleeds, and headaches, Mr. Gukasian collapsed in his cell on June 25, 2025. Mr. Gukasian was discovered unconscious not by jail staff, but by his cellmate, who alerted HDC staff.”
Gukasian solely speaks Russian and Armenian.
In accordance with his attorneys, on two events, Gukasian was positioned in solitary confinement for 5 days “for allegedly failing to obey staff instructions and failing to abide by a lockdown order—instructions and orders provided in English.”
They argued that it violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ICE, in its personal detention handbook, requires 24/7 “language access.”
Gukasian’s supporters have attended his hearings, and lots of are involved in regards to the final result of his case.
“If he’s deported to Armenia or another country, they’re going to kill him. Yes, they’re going to kill him,” Gayane Manukyan beforehand informed 8 Information Now.
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Appearing U.S. Legal professional Sigal Chattah filed a response on behalf of the federal authorities on Sept. 29. She acknowledged Gukasian is “asking for extraordinary remedy that he has not come close to establishing he deserves.”
In accordance with Chattah, Gukasian arrived in New York Metropolis on Feb. 19, 2022, as a non-immigrant “visitor for pleasure.” He was supposed to go away later that 12 months on Aug. 18.
Chattal acknowledged in court docket filings that relatively than be launched, “Gukasian can immediately petition for a new bond hearing based on his allegedly deteriorated medical condition and seek release or modified conditions through the established administrative process.”
Gukasian had a federal court docket listening to on Tuesday in entrance of a choose concerning his short-term restraining order looking for his launch. A federal choose has but to challenge a choice.
