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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CHOUNG WOONG AHN, et al., Case No. 20-cv-02604-JD

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE TRO

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 7 10 WILLIAM P. BARR, et al., Defendants. 11

12 The three petitioners in this case, Choung Woong Ahn, Salvador Moncada Hernandez and 13 Yao Xeng Saeturn, are in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at the 14 Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility. Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 2. They seek a writ of habeas corpus ordering 15 release under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the contention that their custody violates the Due Process 16 Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Petitioners allege that their continued civil immigration detention 17 amounts to an unconstitutional “punishment” because they are medically vulnerable to COVID-19 18 infection and are exposed to undue risks at the Mesa Verde facility. Id. ¶¶ 55-56. 19 This order resolves petitioners’ application for a temporary restraining order, which they 20 filed shortly after the habeas petition. Petitioners ask to be released pending disposition of the 21 petition “in…