Cases · Removals to third countries not named in removal orders
Abasse Gakou v. Warden of the Prairieland Detention Center
Latest development
Fifth Circuit denied stays of third-country removal
The October 10 published order resolves the emergency stay requests, not the entire appeal. Subsequent docket activity and any actual removal have not been verified.
- Status as of
- October 10, 2026
- Source
- Latest order (PDF)
- Docket reviewed through
- October 10, 2026
About the case
Gakou, a native of Senegal in ICE custody, sought an injunction against removal to Sierra Leone pending further litigation of his Convention Against Torture claims. The Northern District of Texas denied relief and declined to stay removal. On October 10, the Fifth Circuit denied both an administrative stay and a stay pending appeal. The panel applied 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g) to the stay request and also cited the Supreme Court's D.V.D. proceedings in rejecting likely success on the requested injunction.
Relief
Both requested stays of removal were denied. The order grants no classwide or nationwide relief and does not establish that removal occurred.
What's next
Further proceedings in the habeas appeal; no next proceeding date is established by the verified order.
New on the docket, not yet reviewed
Nothing new since the last review.
Reviewed events
Fifth Circuit denied administrative and pending-appeal removal stays
Abasse Gakou v. Warden of the Prairieland Detention Center · 5th Cir. · Source