---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-182703"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEO"
cik: "0000923796"
company_name: "GEO GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T12:17:10.378499+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ninth Circuit denies GEO rehearing; $37.6M judgment stands in detainee wage case

## Summary
- Ninth Circuit denied GEO's petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in two detainee minimum wage cases.
- Combined judgment includes $23.2M jury verdict plus ~$14.4M in fees, costs, and interest; post-judgment interest accruing.
- Six judges dissented from denial of en banc rehearing, issuing two dissenting opinions.
- GEO plans to seek a stay of mandate and petition U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari on preemption grounds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-182703
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEO
- cik: 0000923796
- company_name: GEO GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312525182703/0001193125-25-182703-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312525182703/d949725d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-182703
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-182703.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-182703.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.