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jpak

(41,741 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 02:40 PM Oct 2015

Kaci Hickox suing New Jersey over Ebola quarantine last year

Source: Bangor Daily News

Kaci Hickox, the former Fort Kent nurse who was quarantined in New Jersey after returning last year from treating patients suffering from the Ebola virus in Africa, is suing Gov. Chris Christie and then-Commissioner of Health Mary O’Dowd in federal court.

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey is working with two New York law firms, according to a press release issued Thursday by the ACLU of New Jersey.

The lawsuit claims that Hickox was held illegally and unconstitutionally against her will as part of a mandatory quarantine for anyone returning from certain West African Countries who treated patients with Ebola.

“Hickox landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Oct. 24, 2014, en route home to Maine from West Africa,” the release said. “She was ordered to be held against her will despite showing no symptoms and engaging in no activities in Sierra Leone that would have put her at a high risk for contracting Ebola.

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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/22/news/nation/kaci-hickox-suing-new-jersey-over-ebola-quarantine-last-year/?ref=regionstate



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Kaci Hickox suing New Jersey over Ebola quarantine last year (Original Post) jpak Oct 2015 OP
I hope she nails their ass to the wall! Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #1
OH Good angryvet Oct 2015 #2
They stuck her in a tent HassleCat Oct 2015 #3
I hope they get nailed, but Cassiopeia Oct 2015 #4
 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
3. They stuck her in a tent
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 03:09 PM
Oct 2015

According to the linked article, they made her stay in a tent they set up in a parking garage. What? No FEMA trailers?

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