Nicolas
Nicolas v. Barr
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODOLFO MARTIN NICOLAS, Case No. 20-cv-01282-BAS-LL 11 Petitioner, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND ORDER SETTING MATTER FOR v.
ORAL ARGUMENT
13 WILLIAM P. BARR, in his official
capacity as the Attorney General of the United States, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 On July 7, 2020, Petitioner Rodolfo Martin Nicolas filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief (“Petition”) and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (“Motion”). (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) Petitioner seeks to enjoin Respondents from removing him from the United States before the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) adjudicates his motion to reopen his removal proceedings and his motion for a stay of removal. (Mot. at 1.) For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion for a TRO until a hearing on the Motion. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner is a 22-year-old citizen of Guatemala. (June 20, 2020 Decl. of Rodolfo Martin Nicolas (“Pet’r 2020…