NEWS RELEASE
January 30, 2026
Contact:
Jenny Jonak, Asian American Council of Oregon Board of Directors, jenny@jonak.com, (541) 690-5773
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ninth Circuit Upholds Detention in Racially Targeted AAPI Burglary Case
The Asian American Council of Oregon (AACO) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has unanimously upheld the pretrial detention of a defendant charged in a series of racially targeted burglaries against Asian American families.
AACO participated in the case by submitting a community impact letter to the district court and an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit, documenting the harms these organized burglaries have inflicted on Asian American communities and the repeated pattern of release followed by flight.
The Ninth Circuit accepted AACO’s amicus brief and upheld the district court’s detention of the defendant based on flight risk. “We hope that this decision will help guide courts across Oregon and the Ninth Circuit in similar cases. The ruling represents an important step toward accountability, victim protection, and disrupting the cycle of arrest, release, and flight that has left many Asian American victims without justice,” said Jenny Jonak of the Asian American Council of Oregon Board of Directors.
For more information, please visit the Asian American Council of Oregon website at asianCouncil.org.
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