Bent

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CLAUDE BENT, Case No. 19-cv-06123-DMR

8 Plaintiff, ORDER ON PETITIONER'S SECOND 9 v. MOTION FOR TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER

10 WILLIAM P. BARR, et al.,

11 Defendants.

12 Petitioner Claude Bent is a foreign national detained in Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility 13 (“Mesa Verde”), which is located in Kern County, California. Before the court is Bent’s motion for 14 a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) seeking immediate release from detention because of the 15 COVID-19 pandemic. [Docket Nos. 20 (“Mot.”), 23 (“Reply”).] Respondents oppose. [Docket 16 No. 22 (“Opp.”).] For the reasons stated below, the petition is conditionally granted. 17 I. BACKGROUND 18 A. COVID-19 Pandemic 19 COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is an emerging global health crisis. 20 The first cases of COVID-19 were identified in the United States in late January 2020.1 On March 21 4, 2019, California declared a state of emergency in response…