N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
EDGAR C HAVEZ-RE YES, AKA W a lte r Estra da -Espinoz a ,

Pe t i tione r,
v. W ILLIAM P. B ARR , Attorne y Ge ne ra l, R e sponde nt. No. 15-70607 Age n c y No. A095-748-856

M EM O R ANDUM *

On Pe tition for R e vie w of a n Orde r of the B oa rd of Im m igration Appe a ls Subm itte d April 17, 2020 ** Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : W . FLETC HER

and LEE, C irc uit Judge s, a n d SETTLE, *** Distric t

Judge
. Im m igration a

n d C ustom s Enforc e m e nt a ge nts a rre ste d Edga

r C have z -R e y e s during a ra i d on the fa c tory

whe re he worke d. He sought to suppre ss a ll e vide nc e



# FIL ED
APR 28 2020 M OLLY C. DW Y E R, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public a t ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by Ninth C irc uit R

ule 36-3.

* * The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without ora l a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a )(2).

* * * The Honora

ble B e nja m in H. Se ttle , Unite d State s Distric t Judge for the W e ste rn Distric t of W a shington, sitting by de signa t ion.obta ine d a s a re sult of his de te ntion a t the fa c tory

and to te rm inate the re m ova l proc e e dings a ga inst him . The i m m igration judgede nie d re lie f, the B oa rd of Im m i gra tion Appe a l s dism isse d his a ppe a l, a nd he pe titione d for re vie w. W e grant the p e tition. W e re c e ntly

grante d a pe tition se e king to suppre ss e vide nc e from the sa m e workpla c e ra i d in Pe re

z C r uz v . Barr , 926 F.3d 1128 (9th C i r. 2019). W e he ld tha t IC E a ge nts ha d “ c arr[ie d] out pre pla n ne d m a ss de te ntions, interroga tions, a nd
arre sts a t the fa c tory , without individua liz e d re a sona

ble suspic ion” in viola

tion of 8 C .F.R . § 287.8(b)(2). Id. a t 1133. B e c a use c o m plia nc e with 8 C .F.R
. § 287.8(b)(2) is m andate d by the C onstitution, we

he ld tha t the re g ulatory

viola tion
wa s pre judic ia l and tha

t the pe t itione r wa s “ e ntitle d to suppre ssion of thee vide nc e ga the re d a s a re sult of tha t viola tion.” Id. a t 1146. Our a na ly sis in Pe re

z C ruz c ontrols this c a se . IC E a ge nts de ta ine d C have z R e y e s in the sa

m e workpla c e ra id unde r ne arly ide ntic a l c irc um sta

nc e s. C have z R e y e s m a de the sta

te m e n ts tha

t the gove rnm e nt c onte nds ga ve rise to re a sona

ble suspic ion to de ta in him

only a fte r he wa s unla

wfully de ta ine d. On the se fa c ts, suppre ssion a

nd te rm i n a tion a

re wa rra nte d. Se e i d. a t 1145–46; Sanc he z v . Se ssions , 904 F.3d 643, 655 (9th C ir. 2018).

2Afte r we de c ide d P e re z C ruz , the gove rnm e nt a ske d us to re m and this c a se so tha t it c ould de te rm ine in the first insta nc e whe the r othe r, unta inte d re c ord
e vide nc e c o uld indepe nde ntly e sta blish C h a v e z -R e y e s’ s a lie na ge . R e m and is
unne c e ssa

ry . The only othe r e vide nc e the gove rnm e nt points to he re is a Form W R -424, whic h m e re ly

re sta te s inform a tion obta i ne d from an a rre st, a nd a n e ntry from the M e x ic an Unique Popula tion R e gistry

C o d e (“ C U RP” ), whic h ide ntifie s a pe rson with C have z -R e y e s ’ s na m e and da

te of birth a s a

M e xic an nationa l. W e hold tha t the C URP e n try

is a fruit of the unla

wful de te ntion a

nd is suppre ssible a s

“ e v ide nc e . . . pe rta i ning to a lie na ge .” P e re z C ruz , 926 F.3d a

t 1136 (quoting Lope z-Rodrigue

z v . Muk ase y , 536 F.3d 1012, 1015 n.5 (9th C ir. 2008)); se e id. a t 1146 (holding tha

t a birth c e rtific a te obta ine d following unla wful de te ntion should have be e n suppre sse d). The gove rnm e nt’ s M otion to Re m and (EC F No. 32) is the re fore DENIED. PE T IT IO N G RANT E D.

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