Central District of California enters a preliminary injunction barring federal immigration officials from re-detaining petitioner without complying with required procedures, holding the case is not moot under Nielsen v. Preap and that the Winter factors continue to support relief.
Central District of California denies the federal government’s motion to stay a partial final judgment that prohibits ICE from entering home curtilage to make warrantless arrests through “knock and talk” encounters, finding the government unlikely to succeed on appeal and unable to show irreparable
Judge Josephine L. Staton granted a TRO ordering ICE to release a Vietnamese detainee at Adelanto subject to his prior Order of Supervision conditions, finding he satisfied the Winter factors. The court enjoined re-detention inconsistent with ICE regulations and set a preliminary injunction hearing
Judge Kenly Kiya Kato ordered ICE to show cause why a habeas petition should not be granted to a noncitizen detained nine months at Adelanto whom Belarus refuses to recognize as a citizen, finding the government’s bare assertion that it was ‘actively seeking travel documents’ insuf
Magistrate Judge Steve Kim ordered ICE to show cause why an Armenian detainee at Adelanto should not receive an individualized bond hearing, following an ‘overwhelming majority’ of C.D. Cal. decisions rejecting the government’s position that arriving aliens are subject to mandatory
Judge David O. Carter granted a preliminary injunction requiring that any future immigration enforcement actions against Eugene Trifonov after his release comply with required procedures, incorporating the Winter analysis from his prior TRO order.