Man from Ecuador Detained by ICE Files 3 AM SDNY Habeas TRO Granted at 11 Hours Later

Man from Ecuador Detained by ICE Files 3 AM SDNY Habeas TRO Granted at 11 Hours Later by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 15 – A man from Ecuador detained by ICE filed a habeas corpus petition at 3 AM on August 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at 3, where Inner City Press found it.    The petition says he entered the US in December 2020" and was detained by ICE on August 14 at 3 AM. In 12 hours, the petition was filed, along with a request for a temporary restraining order against being removed. At 1:30 pm on Saturday, August 15 Judge Jed S. Rakoff, sitting in Part 1, granted the TRO through August 20.  The case is Suguenza Chavez v. Genalo, et al., 1:26-cv-6978 (Unassigned) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com