Teczon-Marin
Teczon-Marin v. Dembin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JOSE LUIS TECZON-MARIN, CASE NO.: 20-CV-1493-LAB and Hon. Larry A. Burns 8 FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF SAN Courtroom 14A DIEGO, INC., Date: TBD T ime: TBD Petitioners, ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR v. WRIT OF MANDAMUS
MITCHELL D. DEMBIN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE
JUDGE,
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and UNITED STATES, Real party in interest
To a litigant with a hammer, every adverse order looks like a nail. Petitioner Jose Luis Teczon-Marin, armed with the hammer of recent sister-court decisions barring Department of Homeland Security agents from making arrests in state courthouses, seeks a Writ of Mandamus directing Judge Mitchell D. Dembin to grant Teczon’s Motion to Prevent Unlawful Civil Arrest. See United States v. Teczon-Marin, Case No. 19-mj-23096-MDD-1, Dkt. 42, 43. But the challenged order isn’t the nail Teczon hoped for. Judge Dembin’s denial isn’t at odds with…