Nwauzor v. The GEO Group, Inc.
“In 2017, a category of detainees and Washington State every sued GEO in federal court docket for violations of Washington’s Minimal Wage Act (“MWA”). The district court docket consolidated the actions. A jury awarded $17,287,063.05 in again pay damages to the detainee class. After a bench trial, the court docket awarded $5,950,340.00 in unjust enrichment to Washington State and enjoined GEO from using detainees with out paying Washington’s minimal wage. GEO appealed to this court docket. After listening to oral argument, we licensed three inquiries to the Washington Supreme Court docket. Nwauzor v. GEO Group, Inc. (“Nwauzor”), 62 F.4th 509 (ninth Cir. 2023). We’ve now obtained the solutions to these questions. We affirm the judgment of the district court docket.”