The court granted petitioner’s preliminary injunction for release from immigration detention because his preexisting health conditions had not changed since the previous order granting a temporary restraining order (R.P. v. Decker et. al, No. 20-3853 (KM), Dkt. 29 (D.N.J. April 17, 2020)). The COVID-19 cases at the facility have also increased, such that the harm to petitioner, were he to remain in the facility, is high.
R.P. v. Decker et. al, No. 20-cv-03853, Dkt. 43 (D.N.J. May 22, 2020)
DETAILS
Decision
Date
5/22/2020
Practice Area
Immigration
Relief Requested
Delayed Surrender, Preliminary Injunction (PI), Release, Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)
Type of Court
Federal District Court
Location
New Jersey
Type of Case
Individual
Case Characteristics
Elderly, Immigrant Detention, Post-Conviction Detention [jail or prison], Pre-Existing Health Conditions, Pretrial Detention [jail], Significant Criminal History
Release Granted
Yes
Compassionate Release Case
No
Compassionate Release Specific Characteristics
Only served a small portion of their sentence (less than 33%)
Case Tracking Number
20-cv-03853-KM
MORE CASE INFORMATION
Court Name
S.D. Tex.
Decision
Motion Granted
Place of Incarceration
Immigrant Detention, Federal Medical Center
Name of Facility
Hudson County Correctional Center
Legal Authority
Substantive Due Process - Deliberate Indifference (both 14th and 5th Amendments)
Legal Authority
Bail Reform Act, Bail Pending Sentence or Appeal, 18 U.S.C. § 3143, First Step Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), Other, § 2241 Habeas, Emergency Application for a Stay of Execution, 28 U.S.C. § 2251
Case Status
Decision Made
Compassionate Release Exhaustion Holdingsin Federal Case
Other, An individual can move for compassionate release less than 30 days after submitting an application for compassionate release, so long as that amount of time has elapsed by the time of decision.
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