Ruben Poghosyan v. Alejandro Mayorkas

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 RUBEN POGHOSYAN, Case № 5:20-CV-02295-ODW (AFM)

Petitioner-Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

v. MOTION FOR TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER AND/OR

14 CHAD F. WOLF, et al., STAY OF REMOVAL [2]

15 Respondents-Defendants.

16 I. INTRODUCTION On November 2, 2020, Petitioner Ruben Poghosyan filed a petition for a writ of 19 habeas corpus (“Petition”) and a motion for a temporary restraining order and/or stay 20 of removal (“TRO”). (Pet., ECF No. 1; TRO, ECF No. 2; Mem. TRO, ECF No. 2-1.) 21 Poghosyan seeks a stay of removal until he has had the opportunity to be heard on his 22 pending immigration appeal and motion to reopen. (TRO ¶ 11.) Respondents oppose 23 the TRO. (Opp’n to TRO (“Opp’n”) 1, ECF No. 13.) For the reasons set forth below, 24 the Court GRANTS Poghosyan’s TRO. II. BACKGROUND Poghosyan is a thirty-eight-year-old citizen of Armenia. (Pet. ¶ 16.) He has 27 been diagnosed with recurrent…