Jennings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JORGE M. F., Case No. 21-cv-01434-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING TEMPORARY

v. RESTRAINING ORDER; ORDER TO

SHOW CAUSE RE: PRELIMINARY

MONTY WILKINSON, et al., INJUNCTION Defendants. Re: ECF No.

12 Before the Court is Petitioner-Plaintiff’s ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”). ECF No. 3. Given the nature of the issue presented by the motion, the Court finds it appropriate to rule on the application immediately, without obtaining a response from Respondents-Defendants. For the reasons discussed below, the Court will grant the motion. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner-Plaintiff is a native and citizen of Mexico. ECF No. 3-1 at 40. He last entered the United States in 2009, id., and was taken into custody by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) on November 5, 2019, ECF No. 3 at 7. Petitioner-Plaintiff admits to “struggl[ing] with alcohol addiction for many years, and has…