L.G.C. v. Decker
- Katherine Failla
- 1:21-cv-08800
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In L.G.C. v. Decker, Judge Failla denied release-related requests and a habeas petition, then closed the case.
L.G.C. and the respondents named in the case, including federal immigration and homeland-security officials and Orange County correctional and medical-services personnel.
What happened
In L.G.C. v. Decker, L.G.C. sought a preliminary injunction, immediate release under a cited Second Circuit decision, and a petition asking the court to review detention under federal law.
The court denied the motion for a preliminary injunction and/or immediate release and also denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The provided order does not state the court’s reasons; it refers to an oral decision given on April 29, 2022.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla directed the Clerk of Court to terminate all pending motions, adjourn all remaining dates, and close the case.
The detailed version
- L.G.C. v. Decker · No. 1:21-cv-08800
- Katherine Failla
- Apr. 29, 2022
Background
L.G.C. was the petitioner. The respondents named in the caption included officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Orange County Correctional Facility, and Wellpath Correctional Medical Services.
L.G.C. sought a preliminary injunction and/or immediate release under Mapp v. Reno, a cited Second Circuit decision. L.G.C. also filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, a federal law that allows a person to challenge certain forms of detention.
Ruling
The court denied L.G.C.’s motion for a preliminary injunction and/or immediate release. It also denied L.G.C.’s § 2241 habeas petition. The order states that these rulings were based on reasons given during the court’s oral decision on April 29, 2022, but the written order provided here does not describe those reasons or indicate whether the habeas petition was denied on the merits or on a threshold ground.
The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all pending motions, adjourn all remaining dates, and close the case.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.