Robbins
Sandra Gomes Vilela v. Timothy S. Robbins, Field Office Director of the Los Angeles Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Todd M. Lyons, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Kristi Noem, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; Christopher Chestnut, Warden, California City Corrections Center; and Pamela Bondi, Attorney General of the United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SANDRA GOMES VILELA, No. 1:25-cv-01393-KES-HBK (HC) Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION TIMOTHY S. ROBBINS, Field Office Doc. 7 Director of the Los Angeles Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; TODD M. LYONS, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT; KRISTI NOEM, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; CHRISTOPHER CHESTNUT, Warden, California City Corrections Center; and PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents. 20 Petitioner Sandra Gomes Vilela is an asylum-seeker from Brazil who entered the United States in October 2024. After entry, she was detained by immigration officials but then released pending her removal proceedings after officials determined that she was neither a danger nor a flight risk. Since then, she has lived with her sister in California, become gainfully employed, and maintained a clean…