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Case Name	P.J.E.S v. Wolf	IM-DC-0087
Docket / Court	1:20-cv-02245 ( D.D.C. )
State/Territory	District of Columbia
Case Type(s)	Immigration and/or the Border
Special Collection	COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) Post-WalMart decisions on class certification
Attorney Organization	ACLU Affiliates (any) ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Content of Injunction

Preliminary relief granted

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Law-enforcement

Immigration/Border

Admission - procedure

Asylum - procedure

Convention against Torture

Deportation - procedure

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq.
Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), 18 U.S.C. § 1589

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Acting Commissioner of CBP Acting Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement Chief of U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Director of ICE Director of the Center for Disease Control Executive Assistant Commissioner of CBP's Office of Field Operations Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Homeland Security
Plaintiff Description	16-year old minor fleeing Guatemala. The provisional class is "all unaccompanied noncitizen children who (1) are or will be detained in U.S. government custody in the United States, and (2) are or will be subjected to expulsion from the United States under the CDC Order Process, whether pursuant to an Order issued by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Affiliates (any) ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order
Source of Relief	Litigation
Filed	08/24/2020
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	Judge Halts ‘Public Health’ Expulsions of Children at the Border https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/us/politics/trump-migrant-children.html Date: Nov. 18, 2020 By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs (New York Times) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Court	Docket(s)
D.D.C. 01/13/2021	1:20-cv-02245 IM-DC-0087-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
	General Documents
D.D.C. 08/14/2020	Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1] IM-DC-0087-0001.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D.D.C. 08/20/2020	Plaintiffs' Motion for Classwide Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 15 & 15-1] IM-DC-0087-0002.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D.D.C. 08/31/2020	Brief of Amicus Curiae the International Refugee Assistance Project, INC. In Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Classwide Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 30-1] IM-DC-0087-0003.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D.D.C. 09/03/2020	Brief for Scholars of Refugee and Immigration Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Classwide Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 36] IM-DC-0087-0007.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D.D.C. 09/17/2020	Brief Amicus Curiae of the Immigration Reform Law Institute [ECF# 57] IM-DC-0087-0006.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D.D.C. 09/25/2020	Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [ECF# 65] (2020 WL 5793305) IM-DC-0087-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
D.D.C. 11/18/2020	Memorandum Opinion [ECF# 80] (2020 WL 6770508) IM-DC-0087-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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Judges	Harvey, G. Michael (D.D.C.) [Magistrate] show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0004 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Sullivan, Emmet G. (D.D.C.) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0005 \| IM-DC-0087-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Crook, Jamie Lorraine (California) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Drake, Brantley Shaw (Texas) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 Galindo, Daniel Antonio (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Garza, Rochelle M (Texas) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 Gelernt, Lee (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Harrold, Adrienne (California) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Huddleston, Kathryn (Texas) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 Kang, Stephen Bonggyun (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Michelman, Scott (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 Olivares, Efren Carlos (Texas) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 Perez, Celso Javier (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Russell, Morgan (California) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Segura, Andre (Texas) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 Silverman, Robert (Massachusetts) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 Spitzer, Arthur (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Vargas, Karla (Texas) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Wofsy, Cody H. (California) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0001 \| IM-DC-0087-0002 \| IM-DC-0087-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Lin, Jean (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-9000 Senanayake, Tanya D (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-9000 Snell, Kevin Matthew (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-9000
Other Lawyers	Austin, Kathryn (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0003 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Castillo, Geroline (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0003 Hirose, Mariko (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0003 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Levine, Noah Adam (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0007 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Miano, John Michael (New York) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0006 \| IM-DC-0087-9000 Pickering, Wilmer Cutler (District of Columbia) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0007 Wolfson, Paul R. Q. (Illinois) show/hide docs IM-DC-0087-0007 \| IM-DC-0087-9000

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