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Nature of Suit Code: 463
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SERGIO BOTELLO-RANGEL,

Petitioner,

v.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

ENFORCEMENT (ICE), et al.,

Respondents. 

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Civil No. 14cv0645 JAH (WVG)

ORDER GRANTING

PETITIONER’S APPLICATION

FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

ORDER [DOC. # 2] AND SETTING

A BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND

HEARING DATE FOR

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

On March 20, 2014, petitioner Sergio Botello-Rangel (“petitioner”) filed the instant

petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, along with a application

for a temporary restraining order. Petitioner seeks an order restraining and enjoining

respondents Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Daniel Ragsdale, Acting

Director of ICE, and Gregory Archambealt, San Diego Field Director of ICE

(“respondents”) from incarcerating or detaining petitioner until a preliminary injunction

motion can be heard and decided or, alternatively, for an immediate ruling on the instant

writ of habeas corpus. See Doc. # 2 at 2-3. Because petitioner filed his application ex

parte, this Court deemed it appropriate to direct petitioner to serve respondents with the

application prior to this Court’s ruling. Petitioner filed proof of service upon respondents

at 3:26 p.m. on March 20, 2014. 

 Now, after a careful consideration of the pleadings presented, this Court finds that

plaintiff has sufficiently met the requirements for issuance of a temporary restraining order

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pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in that plaintiff has

sufficiently demonstrated irreparable harm and a likelihood of success on the merits of his

claims as well as that serious questions going to the merits of plaintiff’s claims have been

raised and the balance of hardships tip sharply in plaintiff’s favor. Immigrant Assistance

Project of the L.A. County of Fed’n of Labor v. INS, 306 F.3d 842, 873 (9th Cir. 2002);

Sun Microsystems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 188 F.3d 1115, 1119 (9th Cir. 1999); Roe v.

Anderson, 134 F.3d 1400, 1402 (9th Cir. 1998). Therefore, this Court deems it

appropriate to grant plaintiff’s application for a temporary restraining order enjoining

respondents from incarcerating or detaining plaintiff until a preliminary injunction may

be heard and decided. This Court finds that the posting of a security bond is not required

in this case. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 65(c). In addition, this Court deems it appropriate to set

a hearing date and briefing schedule for petitioner’s motion for preliminary injunction.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s application for a temporary restraining order [doc. # 2] is

GRANTED and entered on March 21, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.;

2. Respondents are hereby ENJOINED AND RESTRAINED from 

incarcerating or detaining plaintiff until a preliminary injunction may be heard and

decided;

3. Petitioner’s application for a temporary restraining order shall serve as

petitioners’s motion for preliminary injunction;

4. Petitioner’s motion for preliminary injunction is set for hearing before this

Court on March 28, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. Respondents shall file and serve their

opposition to the motion no later than 12:00 noon on March 25, 2014. Petitioner’s

reply shall be filed and served no later than close of business on March 26, 2014.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this temporary restraining order will expire on

March 28, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. absent further order of the Court.

Dated: March 21, 2014

 

JOHN A. HOUSTON

United States District Judge

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