Chestnut
Sanjiv Kakkar v. Chestnut et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SANJIV KAKKAR, Case No. 1:25-CV-1627 JLT SAB
Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING IN PART REQUEST
FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
v. AND REFERRING MATTER TO ASSIGNED
MAGISTRATE JUDGE
CHESTNUT et al., (Doc. 3) Respondents. I. INTRODUCTION Before the Court for decision is Sanjiv Kakkar’s (“Petitioner”) request for a temporary restraining order (Doc. 3) filed in conjunction with his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his ongoing immigration detention. (Doc. 1.) Having evaluated the TRO request, (Doc. 3), Respondents’ opposition, (Doc. 8), and Petitioner’s reply (Doc. 10) in light of the entire record, the Court GRANTS IN PART the requested TRO and REFERS the matter to the assigned magistrate judge for a determination on the merits. II. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Petitioner is a 64-year-old national of India and citizen of the United Kingdom. (Doc. 1 at 2; Doc. 1-1…