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Nature of Suit Code: 463
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Alien Detainee
Cause of Action: 8:1105(a) Aliens: Habeas Corpus to Release INS Detainee

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MDS, a minor,

Petitioner,

v.

JONATHAN HAYES, in his official 

capacity as Interim Director of the Office 

of Refugee Resettlement, and ELICIA 

SMITH, in her official capacity as Federal 

Field Specialist, US Office of Refugee 

Resettlement, 

Defendants.

No. 2:20-cv-00738-TLN-EFB

ORDER

Petitioner M.D.S. (“Petitioner”), a minor under the care and custody of the Office of 

Refugee Resettlement (“ORR”), initiated this Petition for writ of habeas corpus on April 9, 2020, 

against Respondents Jonathan Hayes, the Interim Director of ORR (“Hayes”) and Elicia Smith, an 

ORR Federal Field Specialist (“Smith”) (collectively, “Respondents”), seeking habeas and 

injunctive relief relating to a decision by Respondents to designate Petitioner as a child with no 

viable sponsors and summarily deny an application from a purportedly viable designated sponsor. 

(ECF No. 1.) Petitioner submitted an ex parte Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

(“TRO”) concurrently with the Petition. (ECF No. 2.) 

Presently before the Court is the parties’ joint Stipulation, filed April 17, 2020 (ECF No. 

10). 

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Stipulation submitted by the 

parties on April 17, 2020 (ECF No. 10) is GRANTED. The Office of Refugee Resettlement 

(“ORR”) will consider the application of Petitioner’s designated sponsor, the Tache family, 

pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation. Petitioner’s motion for TRO (ECF No. 2) is deemed

withdrawn, without prejudice to refiling to the extent the terms of the Stipulation are in dispute. 

The parties are directed to file a Joint Status Report within fourteen (14) days of the electronic 

filing of this order. All other filing deadlines are temporarily suspended and will be reset pending 

filing of the parties’ Joint Status Report. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 20, 2020

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