Jennings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, et Case No. 20-cv-02731-VC al.,

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

v. Re: Dkt. 229 DAVID JENNINGS, et al., Defendants.

Seven weeks ago, ICE detainees at Mesa Verde Detention Center and Yuba County Jail filed this class action alleging the facilities were so crowded that any kind of social distancing— the primary available defense against Covid-19—was impossible. They also alleged that ICE had taken virtually no meaningful steps to reduce the risk of outbreak at either facility. This, according to the plaintiffs, rendered their detentions unconstitutional. After full briefing and a hearing, this Court provisionally certified a class of all detainees at the two facilities and entered a temporary restraining order. Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings, __ F. Supp. 3d. ___, 2020 WL 2059848 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 29, 2020) (Dkt. No. 53). The TRO required ICE to give the Court and class counsel information about all the detainees, including any criminal history and any health vulnerabilities putting them at heightened risk. The TRO also established a system for the Court…