Cristian Amaya-Quinteros v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CRISTIAN AMAYA-QUINTEROS, No. 1:25-cv-1672 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER CORECIVIC, INC, et al., Respondents. 16 Pursuant to the parties consent, all proceedings and entry of final judgment are assigned to the magistrate judge. ECF No. 9. Pending before the court is petitioner’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction. ECF No. 17. For the following reasons, petitioner’s motion is GRANTED. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background Petitioner, Cristian Amaya-Quinteros, a native and citizen of El Salvador, entered the United States in November 2021, and was encountered by a border patrol agent. ECF No. 17 at 2; ECF No. 16 at 18-22 (Form I-213, Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien). He was held for over two months, processed for expedited removal on January 26, 2022, and ordered removed under § 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(1). ECF No. 17 at…