by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 23 – A 25-year old man from Ecuador who was detained by ICE on January 15 while waiting for his immigration check-in on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza was ordered free on January 23 by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Valerie E. Caproni. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the courtroom.
Franklin Ivan Pastuna Pastuna was not in court - he is detained - but Judge Caproni ordered him released by 5 pm, less then two hours after her ruling, with a confirmatory letter due on Saturday.
The Assistant US Attorney arrived with a PointPoint, seeking to convince Judge Caproni to not follow the lead of her colleague Judge Lewis J. Liman in Qasemi v. Francis. But Judge Caproni called that decision well-reasoned, and followed it.
Further briefing is due on whether the Government could re-detain Pastuna Pastuna, or invoke an automatic stay. Inner City Press will stay on the cases.
This one is Pastuna Pastuna v. Francis, et al., 1:26-cv-398 (Caproni)
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