Morales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 LUCIANO MORALES, CASE NO. 19cv1575-LAB (AHG) Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY

vs. RESTRAINING ORDER [Dkt. 2]

KEVIN MCALEENAN, et al., Defendants. 15

Petitioner Luciano Morales has filed a last-minute request for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) enjoining the government from executing a removal scheduled to take place today, August 21, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. For the reasons below, that request is DENIED. Background Morales, a Mexican citizen, entered the United States unlawfully in 2009. Following his arrest, the United States instituted removal proceedings against him on February 11, 2015. For the last four years, he has sought to forestall or overturn his removal by arguing, among other things, that his 2015 arrest violated the Fourth Amendment and that evidence related to the arrest should be suppressed. The 27 …